I made some changes to the ordering of the plymouth jobs and still see messages on the console they include the following:
acpid: exiting * Running nssldap-update-ingoreusers(?) * Stopping PostgreSQL 9.1 database server See the attached screenshot ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2013-03-18 11:55:46.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/967229/+attachment/3581862/+files/Screenshot%20from%202013-03-18%2011%3A55%3A46.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/967229 Title: Text mode shown briefly with various "cryptic" texts when logging out or shutting down To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/967229/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs