Re: kernel hangs on boot when no keyboard, mouse are plugged in.

Ben Greear (greearb@candelatech.com)
Wed, 03 Apr 2002 23:26:04 -0700


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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