Please reinstall ubuntu-minimal (and thus upstart, etc.) and boot your system removing "quiet" and "splash" from the kernel command-line, and adding "--debug"
(you can do this from the GRUB menu) Take a photo of the screen at the point it hangs ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Scott James Remnant Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info ** Summary changed: - /sbin/init of upstart is different from /sbin/init of sysvinit and causes hang on boot + upstart causes hang on boot -- upstart causes hang on boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/68904 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs