Same problem here with a Radeon 9600 on a PentiumM laptop. Blinking cursor with usplash, and about 3 minutes to start. Without graphical boot, editing grub, about 40 seconds to boot.
-- no boot splash and very slow booting https://launchpad.net/bugs/61711 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
