I can reproduce this bug on a system without esound installed, so I very much doubt that esound is the culprit. The problem seems to be the manner in which GNOME applications initialise when "Enable Software Mixing" is turned on.
** Changed in: esound (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: esound => None Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- ubuntu flight 6 will not boot into gnome https://launchpad.net/bugs/40176 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs