Scott, I tried this as you suggested. This basically just undoes what I had to do to fix the problem. So, when I undid things (added back the packages I deleted and then deleted sysvinit), then it caused the system to behave the same way. The --debug switch gave me no information when /sbin/init runs and it hung the system again. So, I put the system back the way it was (replacing upstart et. al., with sysvinit) and rebooted so I can send you this message. I also checked the log files in /var/log and nothing there from the --debug output either. For your information, I also run a custom kernel at v2.6.18.1. The .config for that kernel is attached. On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 13:10 +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote: > 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 > -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory