Re: 2.6.34 on Samsung P460: reset after "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated"

[Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de>]

On 05/26/10 10:50, Kay Sievers wrote:
> 
> A behavior like this is usually a kernel module that gets loaded which
> hangs the box. The message comes from distro specific stuff, and not
> from udev itself, so we can't know what exactly it is doing.
> 
> Did you wait for 3 minutes at least to let the boot processes run into
> their timeouts?
> 

I waited for 10 minutes, but there was no additional action.
Its stuck.

> Are you using an initramfs? If not, does init=/bin/sh work?
> 

I am using an initrd. init=/bin/sh did not work; it complained
about a missing boot disk.

To get rid of some autodetected devices I also disabled USB
support in the BIOS, as far as possible. No luck.

> For current -git kernels it could be the FIONREAD bug, which breaks
> all sorts of services using inotify. They all hang in a loop, it's not
> only udevd:
>   http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/23/100
> 

The most recent kernel I tried is 2.6.34. I built it and
installed it on USB. The same USB stick boots fine in other
PCs (e.g. a Dell XPS M1300).

Of course I will keep on trying.


Regards

Harri