Bug#535450: Booting sometimes stops at T42p

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 05:50:28AM -0400, sasha mal wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
> Version: 2.6.26-17
> 
> >From time to time the boot sequence stops after printing
> 
> input: TPPS/2 IBM Trackpoint as /class/input/input8
> 
> The machine remains partially responsive: pressing keys on the keyboard still produces some symbols on the screen.
> The behaviour happens every couple of weeks without any apparent reason. The behaviour was present neither in sarge nor in etch, but it is present in the current lenny.
> 
> The machine is a thinkpad laptop T42p 2373 KYG. The used distribution is lenny. The additionally installed modules are tp-smapi, madwifi and cisco-vpnc.
> 
> The screenshots are attached.

Sorry for the late response. 

Do these hangs still occur with the external modules are not loaded?

Cheers,
        Moritz