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  1. Bug #397096
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Comment 4 for bug 397096

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote : Re: ata exception and hang when booting

I also moved away /etc/readahead/desktop, but it does not help. Most often it hangs before X has started, I still see the _ cursor in the upper left corner. A few times X has started so I see the mouse pointer.

One thing that seems to help is to use ctrl-S and ctrl-Q during boot to slow down things. I let it sit for a while before I let gdm loose, and then it will go on without hanging.