Ubuntu
plymouth package

  1. Bug #1872159
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 1872159

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Michael Biebl (mbiebl) wrote : Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel 8th gen laptop)

root@pluto:~# systemctl list-jobs
JOB UNIT TYPE STATE
126 systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service start waiting
33 setvtrgb.service start waiting
1 graphical.target start waiting
135 plymouth-quit-wait.service start running
116 system-getty.slice start waiting
2 multi-user.target start waiting

6 jobs listed.
root@pluto:~# systemctl status plymouth-quit-wait.service
● plymouth-quit-wait.service - Hold until boot process finishes up
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plymouth-quit-wait.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: activating (start) since Sun 2020-05-03 18:34:06 CEST; 38min ago
   Main PID: 721 (plymouth)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 19009)
     Memory: 296.0K
     CGroup: /system.slice/plymouth-quit-wait.service
             └─721 /bin/plymouth --wait

Mai 03 18:34:06 pluto systemd[1]: Starting Hold until boot process finishes up...

Killing the plymouthd process and restarting gdm3 makes the boot complete successfully.