Nothing to do with upstart, this has always been the case and gdm decides when it should start -- unfortunately there's no way to make it wait for the USB devices at this time
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: upstart => gdm -- GDM showing before usb-keyboard and usb-mouse are initialized https://launchpad.net/bugs/66021 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
