This definetely not solely related to nvidia driver problems as I have this issue on a Virtual Machine (strangely only on my Ubuntu laptop and not on my Windows computer at work) and on a persistent USB installation.
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 816635 During upgrade of kernel - X doesn't start if you use nvidia -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824140 Title: Boot stops after "checking battery state..." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/824140/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs