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  1. Bug #538524
  2. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 538524

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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote : Re: [Bug 538524] Re: boot hangs on splash screen, doesn't switch to KDM

On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 02:41 +0000, Steve Langasek wrote:

> So, could those seeing this bug with Kubuntu try editing the pre-stop
> script in /etc/init/plymouth.conf to read as follows:
>
> pre-stop script
> if [ "$UPSTART_EVENTS" = starting ] && ( [ "$JOB" = kdm ] || [ "$JOB" = xdm ]); then
> plymouth deactivate
> retain_splash=--retain-splash
> fi
> exec plymouth quit $retain_splash
> end script
>
> and report back whether this helps?
>
Actually, this isn't quite right.

Just comment out the existing "kdm" line - and see what happens then ;-)

Scott
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