Ubuntu Installation :: 10.10 Hangs At /scripts/init-bottom During Boot?

Aug 25, 2011

I have a Lenovo TP W520 with a Nvidia Quadro 2000M (with support for Optimus)!I've tried to use the open-source optimus driver (Bumblebee), but found to many issues I had to deal with.both on 11.04 and 10.10) - therefore I've accepted the lesser batterytime... and choosed to run with "discrete" option in BIOS - setting Nvidia only mode!I can't use the 11.04, as I need iFolder (and can't get it to work with this edition, by the way I see the following problems on 11.04 too) - as a result I am using 10.10 (64-bit).

I have installed the Nvidia proprietary driver, and when attached to my dockingstation (connected to an switchbox) the laptop boots fine every time! But out of the dock, the laptop hangs at "running /scripts/init-bottom" during boot!To resolve this I've tried this (used the "nomodeset" option)... after this, it pass the "running..." every 4-5 timeAfter this I tried to upgrade the driver as described here... this may have helped - a tinytiny bitLast effort was to add "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint (MatchIsPointer "on")" and "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (MatchIsKeyboard "on")" to "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf" according to this ... now it boot's fine every time... but at login, the login-box disappears and everything freezes! But if I choose "Safe Mode" i can login.

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Ubuntu :: Boot Hangs After Running /scripts/init-bottom?

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Data points:-Ubuntu 2.6.32-19-server-First symptom, blinking cursor on boot-After removing quiet from the boot options I see that it runs through the init scripts and then hangs-I can boot to command line by putting "rw init=/bin/bash" but don't know what to do once I get there to diagnose the problem-The system is primarily a fileserver/XBMC htpc-The system was running for several months before this restart so I can't identify a specific change as the problem unless it's because...-Recently I made changes to all of the disks by switching from JBOD to software raid (with mdadm)

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Code:
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