I want to clarify and give credit where it is due; the full workaround using rc.local was proposed by mambro and then further detailed for us less skilled users by Mr. Jayme.
-- 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
