Just a few minutes after my last comment, I stumbled upon this thread: http://backports.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?p=6036473 which, at least for me and probably Grizzly, includes the solution of the issue (tested on boot time, I have to do another shutdown after writing this :-)
I changed /etc/network/interfaces and commented out everything concerning a non-automatic configuration of eth0. Now it looks similar to this snippet: auto eth0 # iface eth0 inet dhcp # address 192.168.99.4 # netmask 255.255.255.0 # gateway 192.168.99.1 I had to leave the settings for the loopback device as they are, otherwise the nfsd hung in a timeout. You'll find the modified file attached. (BTW: I guess, the gconf-error (described by Grizzly) has vanished, too, but I haven't memorized the way to reproduce it, so I'll just have to wait and see) -- [2.6.27] pausing during boot (several issues) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254668 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