Found this to be some odd interaction with usplash, purged the package and the problem has gone away.
-- boot hangs at default X busy cursor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/462104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
