It is very likely this is a duplicate of bug #254668 "pausing during boot (several issues)" for which an upstream patch has just become available and will make its way into mainline and Ubuntu soon.
Please look at the other bug report and if you feel that represents this issue comment here and we'll mark this as a duplicate. -- [intrepid] laptop freezes on boot unless enter/space button held down https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294988 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs