I don't think it's fixed because I installed Hardy beta today with all updates and I still have this problem. I think after pressing ESC the boot does not only proceed in text mode but it also continues checking the drives because the drive worked for a long time but afterwards the boot continued.
It's for me like for lsmobrian but I waited for the end of the check. ** Changed in: usplash (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => New -- [hardy] esc key during fsck check causes usplash to break into text mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194017 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