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From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@localhost.localdomain
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kernel hangs on boot when no keyboard, mouse are plugged in.
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 23:26:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CABF1FC.1070201@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3CABBC31.8060608@candelatech.com>

For posterity's sake, compiling without APM seems to
make the problem go away...  Fortunately, I don't need
APM too badly...

Ben

Ben Greear wrote:

> I have reproduced this with several different kernels, including
> a standard RedHat 2.4.9-13 kernel.
> 
> The problem is that the kernel will hang when booting without
> a keyboard or mouse plugged in.
> 
> It hangs right after the line:
> apm:  BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16)
> 
> When the kernel boots (with kbd plugged in), the next line
> will be about starting swap.
> 
> I'm compiling a kernel now without APM support in the hope
> that that will make the problem go away.  Any other suggestions
> are welcome!
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
> 


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      reply	other threads:[~2002-04-04  6:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-04  2:36 kernel hangs on boot when no keyboard, mouse are plugged in Ben Greear
2002-04-04  6:26 ` Ben Greear [this message]

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