telinit fails to switch runlevels

[komputes]

telinit fails to switch between runlevels.

1 - From the desktop, running 'telinit 1' brings me to a black screen telling me that pulse and bluetooth are shutting down, but then freezes there.
Expected single user mode (i.e. friendly-recovery menu) or at least a root prompt.

2 - From recovery mode, if I drop to the root shell and run 'telinit 2' I get placed into the TTY with the root prompt and a text user login prompt competing for input.
Expected LightDM to start.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: upstart 1.3-0ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 5 19:01:56 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110817)
SourcePackage: upstart
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-05 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.