Bug#307703: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc: Hang at the initrd stage - never finish boot

[Nicolas Jungers <debbug@jungers.net>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
Version: 2.6.8-12
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system


the kernel boot, load the initrd and hang with the following messages

drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: usb-submit-urb(ctrl) failed
     ohci1394: already loaded
     uninorth-agp: already loaded
     sungem: already loaded
   pci [success]
   usb

at that point, the keyboard and mouse are dead.

Hardware is a G4 Cube with Cinema Display, stock Apple Keyboard plugged
in the cube, logitech wireless mouse.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc depends on:
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.78     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  mkvmlinuz                     13         create a kernel to boot a PowerPC 
ii  module-init-tools             3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

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