Please try the attached patch against /etc/init.d/usplash. According to the usplash changelog, the setupcon call was removed, because a initramfs hook is now used. Yet, you still need to write usplash_write QUIT. So the trick with setting CONSOLE_SCREEN to true.
** Attachment added: "usplash stop" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6351825/usplash.patch -- usplash: blank screen. does not switch to gdm / kdm https://launchpad.net/bugs/81474 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
