Curious, could you also check: dpkg-query -W system-services startup-tasks
And also could you boot without "quiet" or "splash" on the kernel command-line, and with "--debug" instead. Note any non-kernel messages ("init: ...") you see -- Init scripts don't run https://launchpad.net/bugs/66144 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs