Happened to me too. I read online that this option would multi-thread the boot up and speed it up. I'm running an Opteron 165 dual core with Gutsy x64.
Setting the /etc/init.d/rc back to "concurrency=none" fixed the issue. -- HAL fails to initialise when /etc/init.d/rc sets CONCURRENCY=shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149881 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs