It seems to be a timing issue. I put smbfs into /etc/modules to get the module loaded early in the boot process. This seems to help sometimes, but most of the time, it doesn't help either.
> I don't get it. Doesn't the developers automount their shares??? Perhaps they have faster machines where this problem doesn't show up. -- auto smbfs mount in /etc/fstab causes hald hang at boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/44874 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
