Plymouthd crashes on startup in Ubuntu 18.10

Question

Plymouthd crashes on startup with the following error message.

Possible duplicate of Why is plymouthd crashing on startup? – trond hansen Feb 01 '19 at 09:33 — trond hansen, Feb 01 '19 at 09:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 11 '19 at 20:04

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If you did a0b1's answer, edit /etc/default/grub, then restore:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Then, in the same file, find:

#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

and change it to:

GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

Save the file, and then:

sudo update-grub
reboot

answered Jan 11 '19 at 20:04

heynnema

As stated above the removal of "quiet splash" did not fix the problem. I was reluctant to add the "..GFXMODE" line as I was not sure of its purpose. – Terry Dixon Jan 12 '19 at 02:47
@TerryDixon It limits the GRUB/splash screen to 640x480. Harmless, except that's what fixed my Plymouth crashes. – heynnema Jan 12 '19 at 04:16
Thank you GFXMODE appears to have fixed the problem. – Terry Dixon Jan 13 '19 at 22:02
I assume I've accepted your answer. – Terry Dixon Jan 13 '19 at 22:10
@TerryDixon to accsept,log in and click on the area under the up/down vote buttons you will get some points too. – trond hansen Feb 01 '19 at 12:23
Did that do the right thing? – Terry Dixon Feb 01 '19 at 22:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 11 '19 at 17:42

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It do look like advanced options-recovery mode and update grub fixes this error too,So it might be several ways to fix this.

I have not used terminal to update grub but this will most likely work too.

Sorry for the short answer.

answered Feb 11 '19 at 17:42

trond hansen

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