I'm experiencing the same problem with Alpha 5 64-bit. The system hangs after entering my username and password. I have noticed we all seem to have ATI graphics hardware, maybe an issue with this?
Dell Studio 17 Intel Core 2 Duo 2Ghz Ati Mobility Radeon HD 3650 3Gb ddr2 -- Karmic Koala Alpha 5. Desktop does not start, freezes the boot screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428365 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