This happens when the system does the fscking after mounting partitions, I mean that fsck that is always done. In my system there's no noticable inactivity before the switch.
My fstab is: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/sda3 UUID=6042b87d-09b3-488e-a4db-474d6dbb8572 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/sda1 UUID=988456928456732C /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,user,noauto,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sda5 UUID=46D4-801B /media/sda5 vfat defaults,user,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sda2 UUID=5a60178e-801d-4bbc-aac2-cab8e9221f56 none swap sw 0 0 # cdrom /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0 -- Usplash switches to text when running fsck and won't switch back https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67453 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs