This was actually caused by filesystem corruption that removed important files in /etc/ such as /etc/rcS.d, and turned /etc/events.d into a file, instead of a directory. Fixed by (i) booting with init=/bin/bash (ii) doing an fsck -y (iii) reinstalling the relevant packages with --force- confmiss.
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- Ubuntu hangs in (very) early init after the script init-bottom. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289123 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