This is what the bootchart from an affected system looks like. Confirms that kdm indeed loads, but never appears since plymouth hangs.
** Attachment added: "jonathan-laptop-lucid-20100313-4.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40933186/jonathan-laptop-lucid-20100313-4.png -- boot hangs on splash screen, doesn't switch to KDM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538524 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
