I just (mid August '06) auto-upgraded to Dapper from Breezy. I encountered the same problem on reboot.
The workaround provided by Nathaniel B. Jayme above worked for me. This is a serious problem for anyone upgrading from Breezy to Dapper with smbfs mounts in their fstab. Please fix! Successful workaround comment: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/44874/comments/48 -- auto smbfs mount in /etc/fstab causes hald hang at boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/44874 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
