That's very strange; I expected those two changes to reveal why it was hanging, not fix the problem entirely!
Did you notice anything on the reboot after changeing them? You're not using anything like cryptsetup are you? Can you try editing them back (remove the "console owner" line from /etc/event.d/rc2 and /etc/event.d/rcS) and reboot -- do you get to X now? -- Fails to start https://launchpad.net/bugs/60389 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
