Question: apache ask for passphrase redirects to plymouth even when I'm remoted in using SSH and away from console.

How can I disabled plymouth?

Update: I did learn that I can `sudo plymouth --quit` and that will shutdown plymouth. I would like to know the recommended way to disable plymouth on boot.

Answer: 
plymouth should be stopping on its own when the boot is finished.. on a GUI that is when kdm/xdm/gdm/lxdm start. On servers, that is when runlevel 2 is finished (ls /etc/rc2.d). If it is not stopped, this is likely a bug in the bootup, and should be reported with

```
apport-bug plymouth

```

Additional Resources:

* [How do I report a bug?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug)
The [How can I disable the purple splash screen at boot?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/5065/how-can-i-disable-the-purple-splash-screen-at-boot) has been mentioned.

You could also edit the plymouth /1/ upstart /2/ config files and prevent the plymouth start-up. I think that the /etc/init/plymouth.conf will do the trick.

Links:

1. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Plymouth>
2. <http://upstart.ubuntu.com/>