But this is a bug report, not a support request.
Yes.
... So 'unusable' should be considered in relation to all users, not a particular user.
This view is nowhere stated officially on the aforementioned page.
> Windows runs on the computer without problems and the computer is new, > so a hardware fault is unlikely. As soon as I run some testing > program, I'll report here again. Sometimes new hardware can fail very quickly. But if Windows is working on the same system then this definitely points to a software problem.
Windows is working. The BIOS setup of this DELL machine offers extensive tests of about 20 minutes length, including memory and CPU tests. I ran them, and no problems were detected. If you want me to try some other extensive testing, please tell me so. Alas, "boot_delay=1000" does not slow down printing. It just introduces a pause right after blanking the screen at boot, but before quickly printing pages of information. Thus, to get usable screenshots from a failing boot, I have to do some preparation. I have two kernels installed, one from testing (linux-image-3.2.0-3-amd64, version 3.2.23-1), and the other from unstable (linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64, version 3.2.32-1). Both can be run with or without "acpi=off", with or without "quiet", with or without "elevator=noop" (currently used, since an SSD is inside), with or without "boot_delay=1000", normally or in a repair mode. E. g., attached is a screenshot of a boot of kernel 3.2.0-4, with "acpi=off quiet elevator=noop". The machine in the state you see does not boot further but remains responsive to Ctrl+Alt+Del, which performs a reboot. For which kernel and which choice of options do you want to see a series of screenshots of the failing boot sequence? Today the kernel started to boot sometimes without artificial delays at grub time (but still with acpi=off) again. While last time it continuously refused to boot without artificial delays. There are a few differences between last time and today: - the date - the usual kernel-irrelevant updates of the testing distribution (dpkg being probably the most important updated package) - 18G of stuff has been copied onto the machine's drive. Jaakov.
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