Comment 5 for bug 68548

I've got similar issue with a fresh install of Edgy

2.6.17-10-generic kernel:
* booting is really slow (2-3 minutes) and seems to hang a while on mounting root file system
* gnome (animations) are really choppy when I start heavy applications (like openoffice or wesnoth,...)

Then I install 2.6.17-10-i386 kernel:
* everything is fine!

This might be confusing for newbies since -generic is the default kernel

Specs:
Sony Vaio VGN-FS315
Intel centrino
Integrated intel graphic card
512MB RAM
Ubuntu Edgy on a dual boot with XP on the first two partitions