This makes the system unusable this should be marked as a critical bug! I experienced the same thing with an upgrade from hardy. Had to boot kernel .19 which works fine and disable splash for the .27 kernel.
** Changed in: usplash (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- regression: usplash causes system to beep and hang https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279187 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs