Just as an extra piece of information, I tested to see if usplash would work and which log it would generate (usplash -v -c) and the only line presented was the following:
ioctl(TIOCSCTTY): Operation not permitted Regards, Rogério Brito. -- monitor is turned off before starting X if splash option is passed to the kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/514827 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs