Solved, it was a network related issue. After the upgrade to Feisty, the configuation of
/etc/network/interfaces had been altered. Fixing this file made GNOMe boot normally. I found another bug here saying the same thing, but I don't seem to find it anymore, sorry. So mine is a duplicated bug afterall. -- GNOME freezes after log-in for 70/80 seconds then defreezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112840 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-desktop in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs