Definitely a pure usplash problem, I can replicate it just by running usplash!
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Rejected -- ttys started by upstart not visible when usplash ran https://launchpad.net/bugs/59132 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs