Well it seems that is is a problem with the encrypted swap. i changed the lines in fstab and crypttab this way:
fstab: /dev/mapper/swap none swap sw 0 0 /dev/mapper/home /home ext3 defaults 0 0 crypttab: swap /dev/sda4 /dev/random swap home /dev/sda3 none luks,retry=1,cipher=aes-lrw-benbi in fact, it seems that for the encrypted swap an input is needed otherwise boot does not go on. so in this case, i first see "Starting early crypto disks..." and then nothing comes until i move my fingers over the touchpad. after i did this, "Enter LUKS passphrase" appears. I enter it, press "enter" and boot-up goes on. So is this a upstart problem, or a configuration problem? -- Upstart doesn't activate luks volumes (also non luks) in cryptsetup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62751 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