this have been happening to me too my pc is a compaq presario 701ea http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=95529&docname=c00030311
text mode switch happens always at "preparing restricted drivers" -- l-r-m linking overruns usplash timeout on slow machines https://launchpad.net/bugs/45358 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
