Thank you for your bug report. Are you getting any usplash at all? If not are you getting an error that looks like
System is starting up... usplash: no usable theme found for 640x480 screen init failed
When you say "usplash complained about some undefined symbols." can you please give the full error.
Thank you for your bug report. Are you getting any usplash at all? If not are you getting an error that looks like
System is starting up...
usplash: no usable theme found for 640x480
screen init failed
When you say "usplash complained about some undefined symbols." can you please give the full error.