Hi there, I think, I've found an issue with the (latest) Splashutils package related to the changes of "/etc/mtab", which has become a simple link to "/proc/self/mounts" a few months before to be more sane. But everytime the system is starting with a bootsplash, the link gets lost and a file "/etc/mtab" is created instead leading sometimes to inconsistent entries in mtab again. The problem seems to be the sed call in line 497 (splashutils-1.5.4.4/src/libfbsplash.c): /* Clear a stale mtab entry that might have been created by the initscripts. */ system("/bin/sed -i -e '\\#"FBSPLASH_CACHEDIR"# d' /etc/mtab"); Removing this line and recompiling Splashutils helps (at least for those, who have configured "/etc/init.d/mtab" with "mtab_is_file=no" (which is the default anyway in Gentoo AFAIK). Regards, Marco Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Be sure, that link "/etc/mtab" points to "/proc/self/mounts" 2. Reboot with bootsplash enabled Actual Results: After the system has been restarted, the link is gone and a mtab file was created instead. Expected Results: Keeping the link... :-)
This seems to happen with splash=silent, but not with splash=verbose. It causes long delays with mount/umount operations, and 'connection timed out' errors.
Package removed.
