This actually appears to be a gdm upgrade issue where the update-rc.d is not run correctly to move gdm from 21 to 30. If I manually move gdm to 30 it works fine, otherwise hal starts AFTER gdm.
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => gdm ** Summary changed: - X cannot load evdev_drv at boot as hal is not ready + gdm startup is not moved from 21 to 30 on upgrade -- gdm startup is not moved from 21 to 30 on upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264256 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs