Same for me, also with a T42. This is a serious usability problem. The system is working fine afterwards, but idling three minutes while booting is inconvenient.
Here is what I had written down: #v+ [...] Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom... [...] * Starting kernel event manager... [...] [time stamp] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons 3/3 [time stamp] input: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint as /class/input/input3 [now it hangs for three minutes] * Loading manual drivers [...] #v- -- boot stall after displaying "IBM Trackpoint..." https://launchpad.net/bugs/74522 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs