[Bug 1550090] Re: linux-image-3.19.0-51-generic fails to boot to desktop under VMWare Player

[CaptainLeonidasUbuntu]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1548587 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1548587

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (with 3.19-62) on VMware ESXi 6.0 is effected too.
Reverted to older version was the workaround to getting a "working" Ubuntu again.

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Title:
  linux-image-3.19.0-51-generic fails to boot to desktop under VMWare
  Player

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After updating my VMWare Player install of Ubuntu 14.04 amd64 to
  linux-image-3.19.0-51-generic it fails to boot - plymouth appears to
  hang during boot and so it never reaches the GDM login screen - also
  seems I am not alone:

  http://askubuntu.com/questions/738083/ubuntu-14-04-4-lts-hangs-on-boot-after-latest-dist-upgrade-in-vmware
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2314723

  Booting from the previous kernel 3.19.0-49-generic works fine.

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