plymouth-smooth-greeting displayed at shutdown, but plymouth-ubuntu-logo persists at startup

Thanks for your report! Looks like the initial ram disk is not updated. Try this command:
sudo update-initramfs -u
In theory it should be exectuted in postinst script of the package, and changing splash screens works even without updating it on my amd64 Maverick, but that's the only reason I can think of.

I executed the above command and it doesn't appear to have rectified the situation at all. I am still presented with the default Ubuntu (plymouth-ubuntu-logo) theme upon start-up. Furthermore I no longer see the smooth greetings theme upon shut-down, just the usual rolling wall of text mentioned above. That being said, I have only shut-down my system *once* since executing the suggested command, so it's conceivable that the loss of the smooth greetings theme at shut-down is a one off (owing to an unusually swift shut-down perhaps?). I will report back tomorrow if this is the case.

Kind Regards,

Lee Hyde.

I have no idea why, but about two weeks ago (apologies for the delay in my reporting this) this bug seems to have resolved itself. Also, it didn't coincide with any update for this package, nor any user intervention. I'm frankly stumped. I won't mark this bug as invalid as I have no idea how this situation rectified itself, but feel free to mark it as invalid/resolved should you feel it appropriate.

I would suggest however, that you a) increase the font size of the 'greetings/farewell' messages and b) reduce the fade-in time. I rarely get to see the farewell message (at shutdown) and I've not once seen the greetings message at boot time.

Kind Regards,

Lee Hyde.