There is a known Compiz bug with -intel we're working on which could produce behavior like this. Please test by doing chmod a-x /usr/bin/compiz from a console window and see if you can boot up into a non-compiz environment. If so, then this is a duplicate of that compiz bug.
** Changed in: usplash (Ubuntu Intrepid) Status: New => Incomplete -- After upgrade, nothing shows up on screen during and after boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249037 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