I'm encountering this issue on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 (pretty common server model, we have a ton of them here). Clean install of 11.10 will not boot properly, same with installing 11.04 and then upgrading. It appears to be running the latest udev (173-0ubuntu4).
[ 62.944049] bnx2: Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.1.fw" [ 62.944081] bnx2 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A disabled [ 62.944095] bnx2: probe of 0000:05:00.0 failed with error -2 Apologies if I'm missing something, and let me know if I can provide any further info. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/818177 Title: boot failures because 'udevadm exit' times out while udevd waits for an already-dead thread To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/818177/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs