Also now get a 'smooth' freeze (kind of race, as the hdd is heavily used before getting the login screen. But booting with 'plymooth:debug' kernel option, journalctl has logged:
*********** Mar 06 04:19:47 ubuntu plymouth[660]: [./ply-boot-client.c:183] ply_boot_client_connect:could not connect to /org/freedesktop/plymouthd: Connection refused Mar 06 04:19:47 ubuntu plymouth[660]: [./ply-boot-client.c:184] ply_boot_client_connect:trying old fallback path /ply-boot-protocol Mar 06 04:19:47 ubuntu plymouth[660]: [./ply-boot-client.c:190] ply_boot_client_connect:could not connect to /ply-boot-protocol: Connection refused Mar 06 04:19:47 ubuntu plymouth[660]: [./plymouth.c:1121] main:daemon not running Mar 06 04:19:47 ubuntu plymouth[660]: [./ply-boot-client.c:810] ply_boot_client_detach_from_event_loop:detaching from event loop Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu plymouth[1011]: [./ply-boot-client.c:183] ply_boot_client_connect:could not connect to /org/freedesktop/plymouthd: Connection refused Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu plymouth[1011]: [./ply-boot-client.c:184] ply_boot_client_connect:trying old fallback path /ply-boot-protocol Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu plymouth[1011]: [./ply-boot-client.c:190] ply_boot_client_connect:could not connect to /ply-boot-protocol: Connection refused Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu plymouth[1011]: [./plymouth.c:1121] main:daemon not running Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu plymouth[1011]: [./plymouth.c:1132] main:no need to wait Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu gdm3[1016]: [./ply-boot-client.c:183] ply_boot_client_connect:could not connect to /org/freedesktop/plymouthd: Connection refused Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu gdm3[1016]: [./ply-boot-client.c:184] ply_boot_client_connect:trying old fallback path /ply-boot-protocol Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu gdm3[1016]: [./ply-boot-client.c:190] ply_boot_client_connect:could not connect to /ply-boot-protocol: Connection refused Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu gdm3[1016]: [./plymouth.c:1121] main:daemon not running Mar 06 04:19:56 ubuntu gdm3[1016]: [./plymouth.c:1124] main:ping failed *********** ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1753576 Title: GDM freeze To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1753576/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs