Comment 11 for bug 526892

Possible workaround (one out of several users reports failure):

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8930634&postcount=133

I credit my original source there but since it involves editing grub2 files (one of which is executable) I included instructions to revert via CLI in case things go awry.

I think I should also mention that the same behavior exists in Fedora 12 (so it's not just a *buntu thing) and can be corrected by following the steps in the "Graphical Boot Problem" section of this:

http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/125/26/1/12/#plymouth

This seems to effect both nvidia and openchrome GPUs.