Do you have the isuse using an another account? Do you get the issue if you run gnome-session from a debug login?
** Changed in: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs -- Splash Screen hangs on loading and appears to prevent use of the machine https://launchpad.net/bugs/67445 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs