Hehe, I had no runlevel because of a space at the ending of the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst:
now good: title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-22-generic uuid 0ee5d7e9-5e85-45c1-bd37-5dfb65814fca kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=0ee5d7e9-5e85-45c1-bd37-5dfb65814fca ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic quiet before bad, a space after splash: title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-22-generic uuid 0ee5d7e9-5e85-45c1-bd37-5dfb65814fca kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=0ee5d7e9-5e85-45c1-bd37-5dfb65814fca ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic quiet -- cups not starting at boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554172 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