I also moved away /etc/readahead/desktop, but it does not help. Most often it hangs before X has started, I still see the _ cursor in the upper left corner. A few times X has started so I see the mouse pointer.
One thing that seems to help is to use ctrl-S and ctrl-Q during boot to slow down things. I let it sit for a while before I let gdm loose, and then it will go on without hanging. -- ata exception and hang when booting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397096 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
