Bug#276901: d-i on Thinkpad R40e unresponsive/hangs
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 19:00, lists@thegoldenear.org wrote:
> Thanks for the advice.
> In the BIOS I set: Config -> USB -> USB BIOS Support: [Disabled]
>
> And now, where the ISO of unknown version, using 'linux', previously
> hung, it now works. And where test 2-pre, using 'linux', hung, it now
> works.
>
> But with test 2-pre, using 'linux26' it still hangs at 'Starting system
> log daemon: syslogd, klogd.' with and without
> 'debian-installer/probe/usb=false'
I'm afraid I have no clue why it would hang at that point. You could try
booting with 'noapic nolapic'.
You could also try debugging this with 'BOOT_DEBUG=2' or even '=3'.
> is it not interesting that the earlier debian-installer, using kernel
> 2.4 (with USB not probed for), or kernel 2.6, worked, without USB
> disabled in the BIOS? perhaps something could be fixed so that people
> didn't need to disable USB - you can see from the many reports on the
> web that a lot of people didn't find out that they should do this
Yes, I'm beginning to think this is a kernel bug in 2.6.8. For another
example see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=279506.
However, a bug should be filed by someone who actually has the problem so
the kernel maintainers can contact them for further information.
Feel free to do so.
Cheers,
FJP
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