Do you have anything interesting in .xsession-errors? Does this happen with a new user too?
** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => Medium -- gnome-session hangs after X restart. https://launchpad.net/bugs/57154 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs