Like the poster in comment #16, I only started experiencing this problem after installing (and later purging) ClamAV. I wonder if this is pure coincidence, or if something that gets installed with ClamAV triggers the issue. Note: ClamAV was installed when claws-mail-clamd-plugin was installed (which I've also since purged).
I've reinstalled plymouth, but the error remains. 3.11.0-19-generic #33~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 12 21:16:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux (linux-generic-lts-saucy) $ apt-cache policy plymouth plymouth: Installed: 0.8.2-2ubuntu31.1 Candidate: 0.8.2-2ubuntu31.1 Version table: *** 0.8.2-2ubuntu31.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.8.2-2ubuntu30 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages dmesg: [ 70.411380] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (3290) terminated with status 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/800701 Title: init: plymouth-stop pre-start process terminated with status 1 (plymouth-stop called multiple times due to race?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/800701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs