It turns out the issue here (when not turning on debugging) is that the boot arguments used are:
console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait So there is no graphical console configured at all. In this event, plymouth changes vt to vt7 at boot, and never switches back to vt1 at the end of the boot. Definitely a plymouth bug. ** Also affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/691744 Title: Beagle Board cons starts on wrong vt -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs