Why is plymouthd crashing on startup?

I have experienced the same error when I first installed Ubuntu 13.10 on the toshiba harman/kardon this week.

I solved the error with a single command:
Open a Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type:

sudo chown -R $USER: /lib/plymouth

Then all the permission issues are solved and the error is gone in the next boot.

sudo apt-get install plymouth-x11

That did help me with the issue.

A possible solution not mentioned here is to run:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure Plymouth

From: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-gnome-default-settings/+bug/1536771

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