Puh... quite old report.
Unfortunately, I'm running into the exact same problem, too (Oneiric 64bits)
The system used to boot fine, but now it won't start the X server.
"cat /var/log/boot.log" says:
// ------------------------
fsck from util-linux 2.19.1
fsck from util-linux 2.19.1
/dev/sda1: clean, 262607/917504 files, 1635974/3668224 blocks
/dev/sda3: clean, 17985/3907584 files, 10370672/15624704 blocks
Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.bin.firefox
* Starting AppArmor profiles [ OK ]
* Setting sensors limits [ OK ]
* Starting System V runlevel compatibility [ OK ]
* Starting CPU interrupts balancing daemon [ OK ]
* Starting deferred execution scheduler [ OK ]
* Starting regular background program processing daemon [ OK ]
* Starting LightDM Display Manager [ OK ]
* Starting ACPI daemon [ OK ]
* Starting save kernel messages [ OK ]
* Stopping save kernel messages [ OK ]
* Starting disk temperature monitoring daemon hddtemp: [ OK ]
speech-dispatcher disabled; edit /etc/default/speech-dispatcher
Checking for running unattended-upgrades:
// ------------------------
And there it stays.
The computer itself however, is not frozen, I can manually start a graphical environment:
1) "Ctrl + Alt + F1" to get a shell and logon.
2) Execute "startx"
Puh... quite old report.
Unfortunately, I'm running into the exact same problem, too (Oneiric 64bits)
The system used to boot fine, but now it won't start the X server.
"cat /var/log/boot.log" says:
// ------- ------- ------- --- d/disable: usr.bin.firefox speech- dispatcher upgrades: ------- ------- ---
fsck from util-linux 2.19.1
fsck from util-linux 2.19.1
/dev/sda1: clean, 262607/917504 files, 1635974/3668224 blocks
/dev/sda3: clean, 17985/3907584 files, 10370672/15624704 blocks
Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.
* Starting AppArmor profiles [ OK ]
* Setting sensors limits [ OK ]
* Starting System V runlevel compatibility [ OK ]
* Starting CPU interrupts balancing daemon [ OK ]
* Starting deferred execution scheduler [ OK ]
* Starting regular background program processing daemon [ OK ]
* Starting LightDM Display Manager [ OK ]
* Starting ACPI daemon [ OK ]
* Starting save kernel messages [ OK ]
* Stopping save kernel messages [ OK ]
* Starting disk temperature monitoring daemon hddtemp: [ OK ]
speech-dispatcher disabled; edit /etc/default/
Checking for running unattended-
// -------
And there it stays.
The computer itself however, is not frozen, I can manually start a graphical environment:
1) "Ctrl + Alt + F1" to get a shell and logon.
2) Execute "startx"
Any hints?