Re: pathologically unstable kernel in sarge

[Martin Stiaszny <stiaszny@MIT.EDU>]

> All thanks to the new hotplug probably. Move /etc/rcS.d/S40hotplug out
> of that dirctory, reboot. See if the machine reboots. If it doesn't, then
> manually start hotplug (/etc/init.d/hotplug start). If it then reboots,
> then file a bug on hotplug, work out the module that's causing the
> reboot, and add it to /etc/hotplug/blacklist.
> 
> The other possibility to load the module is discover1, but I'd bet on
> hotplug.

Yeah, it was hotplug.  I removed the S40hotplug symlink from /etc/rcS.d/
and everything was fine.  It was responsible for the rebooting and the
unwholesome console video mode.  It looks like it was loading the
i810-tco module.  

- martin