Hmmm, strangely enough I sometimes DO get the ready-to-login drumroll sound now. Sometimes, not always. Just like I sometimes have to kill bonobo-activation-server to get Nautilus to run (bug #90923: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libbonobo/+bug/90923). Maybe these two are related?
Hmmm, strangely enough I sometimes DO get the ready-to-login drumroll sound now. Sometimes, not always. Just like I sometimes have to kill bonobo- activation- server to get Nautilus to run (bug #90923: https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ libbonobo/ +bug/90923). Maybe these two are related?