Usplash theme fails to allow changes if multiple themes installed.

Binary package hint: usplash-theme-ubuntu

This problem has been ongoing since Dapper and possibly even back to Breezy and earlier (I just now got around to reporting it).

In a nutshell....

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~$ sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so

There are 3 alternatives which provide `usplash-artwork.so'.

  Selection Alternative
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 + 1 /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-xubuntu.so
          2 /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-kubuntu.so
* 3 /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 3
Using `/usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so' to provide `usplash-artwork.so'

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Yes, I have most of ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop and kubuntu-desktop installed.

Initially Xubuntu was installed (and I had it's Usplash). Then Kubuntu was installed right afterwards (and I had it's Usplash).

But when Ubuntu was installed (again, right after Kubuntu) I was still left with the Kubuntu Usplash theme despite having installed the Ubuntu Usplash theme.

In the past when I had this problem I'd try to remove both the Xubuntu and/or Kubuntu Usplash themes only to end up with a corrupt Usplash installation that resulted in not allowing me to boot (X/K)Ubuntu at all.

I tought about trying that again, but I think not. ;-)

You'll note from what I copied and pasted above that the default does indeed show Ubuntu, but when I boot I wind up with Kubuntu. That's particularly odd considering that the System default is Xubuntu. It appears as if somehow something is "sticking" when it comes to that symlink.