I have the same issue as Adrian. In order to bypass the problem I disabled acpi at boot.
After this ubuntu starts smoothly. The problem is that - now - I have no acpi in my laptop. -- Ubuntu freezes on startup with 2.6.27-7 generic until power button is pressed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292155 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