status: show status messages unconditionally if plymouth is around

4 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 176a4f5ecb..b43d8eca91 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1093,11 +1093,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 goto finish;
         }
 
-        /* If Plymouth is being run make sure we show the status, so
-         * that there's something nice to see when people press Esc */
-        if (access("/run/initramfs/plymouth", F_OK) >= 0)
-                arg_show_status = true;
-
         if (arg_action == ACTION_HELP) {
                 retval = help();
                 goto finish;
@@ -1177,7 +1172,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (arg_running_as == MANAGER_SYSTEM && !serialization) {
                 locale_setup();
 
-                if (arg_show_status)
+                if (arg_show_status || plymouth_running())
                         status_welcome();
 
                 kmod_setup();
diff --git a/src/unit.c b/src/unit.c
index a2953a6bcb..b684649224 100644
--- a/src/unit.c
+++ b/src/unit.c
@@ -2254,7 +2254,10 @@ void unit_status_printf(Unit *u, const char *format, ...) {
         if (u->meta.manager->running_as != MANAGER_SYSTEM)
                 return;
 
-        if (!u->meta.manager->show_status)
+        /* If Plymouth is running make sure we show the status, so
+         * that there's something nice to see when people press Esc */
+
+        if (!u->meta.manager->show_status && !plymouth_running())
                 return;
 
         if (!manager_is_booting_or_shutting_down(u->meta.manager))
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index fada69cf1a..5e101e4417 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -4188,6 +4188,10 @@ bool nulstr_contains(const char*nulstr, const char *needle) {
         return false;
 }
 
+bool plymouth_running(void) {
+        return access("/run/initramfs/plymouth", F_OK) >= 0;
+}
+
 static const char *const ioprio_class_table[] = {
         [IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE] = "none",
         [IOPRIO_CLASS_RT] = "realtime",
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 04afc731e9..dfbfa8b04d 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ int kill_and_sigcont(pid_t pid, int sig);
 
 bool nulstr_contains(const char*nulstr, const char *needle);
 
+bool plymouth_running(void);
+
 #define NULSTR_FOREACH(i, l)                                    \
         for ((i) = (l); (i) && *(i); (i) = strchr((i), 0)+1)