Comment 280 for bug 554172

The revised version of Upstart fixed it for me. Thanks to Scott James Remnant and Andy Whitcroft. I have done many cold boots and restarts since the fix, and the bug is gone.

To avoid problems with Plymouth, get rid of "quiet splash" in the Grub kernel command line. Alas, Grub and Grub 2 are different. The following instructions apply to Grub.

Start a root terminal. Enter:

grub-install -v

You should get the response "0.97". That is the Grub version number. If it reads "1.96" or higher, you have Grub 2, check the documentation at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

Assuming you have Grub, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst , find the line like:

# kopt=root=UUID=87c74523-fd13-4bca-97e4-5aba28218222 ro quiet splash

Notice that the 32 hex digits on your UUID will be different to mine. Keep your own. Delete "quiet splash".

Look down further in the file and you will find a line like:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=87c74523-fd13-4bca-97e4-5aba28218222 ro quiet splash

Delete the "quiet splash". Save the file. Restart the computer. Now you should have a Linux boot that looks like a Linux boot, with real console messages and none of that wimpy graphical splash screen rubbish. However, then your graphical interface (X Windows) will start normally.

Feel proud.