Bug#586133: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Boot process pauses indefinitely waiting for keyboard activity

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Bob Freemer wrote:

> The kernel pauses waiting for any keyboard input early* in the boot
> process.

Is your keyboard connected by USB, PS/2, or some other port?  (Well,
the relevant thing is probably that it triggers an interrupt, but it
can't hurt to ask anyway.)

> * The pause first happens after the following lines in the kernel log:
> [    1.352116] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
> [    1.372150] usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
> [    1.372206] usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
> [    1.372270] usb usb7: Product: OHCI Host Controller
> [    1.372323] usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 ohci_hcd
> [    1.372378] usb usb7: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.5
> [    1.372490] usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [    1.372567] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
> [PAUSE HAPPENS HERE -> I PRESSED SHIFT AFTER ABOUT 12 SECONDS]
> [   14.302853] ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)

Thanks for a nice report.

Interesting.  Does this still happen with a current squeeze or sid
kernel?  (The only packages from outside squeeze you should need in
order to test the latter are initramfs-tools and linux-base.)

Please attach full "dmesg" output from a successful boot.

Hope that helps,
Jonathan