Sometimes boot process does not render desktop

All,

As excited I was to try out openSuse 11.2 (x86_64) it has left me with 2 minds now … the issue is that sometimes when I reboot the system or perform a fresh boot, it gets to the point where I can see that it is trying to do auto login as the desktop user and after that it freezes and nothing happens. (I’m using GNOME)

I have to power off the machine and just keep my fingers crossed that the next boot will complete which it does majority of the times.

Is this a known bug or is there a resolution to the problem?

My laptop is D620