I can confirm that the workaround in comment 2 did resolve the issue for me and I had a fast startup! :-)
Graphics card: ATI Radeon 4850 chipset Drivers: Proprietary ATI drivers version 8.723 Kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic-pae -- X server starts before Plymouth, or a very short time after (no or brief splash) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540801 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
