# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686-2.img $(uname -r) /usr/libexec/plymouth/plymouth-populate-initrd: line 10: eu-readelf: command not found /usr/sbin/plymouth-set-default-plugin: line 7: eu-readelf: command not found The default plymouth plugin (.so) doesn't exist plymouth should probably require elfutils.
thanks fixed.