On Ma, 09 mar 21, 14:35:54, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/09/2021 07:00 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Ma, 09 mar 21, 06:32:33, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 03/08/2021 10:18 AM, songbird wrote: > > > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > > > > before chasing down this rabbit hole, see if there is an > > > > upgrade for your current kernel on the debian backports > > > > site (for your processor and distribution type). i just > > > > had an issue with a new device not being recognized and > > > > updated my kernel (for stretch) and it worked fine after > > > > that. > > > > > > > > > > The more I think about my observed symptoms, it would seem logical to be > > > kernel related. > > > > > > If the Linkzone is physically connected when PC is turned on, the boot > > > process will hang until the Linkzone is disconnected. > > > > Please also provide info like the exact stage of the boot process, any > > (error) messages on screen, etc. > > > > I've seen this symptom with a laptop before, though it would hang at the > > BIOS stage (it was probably trying to boot from it), while you imply > > it's later. > > I think there are 2 separate states of the Linkzone may have when attempting > to boot the PC. > > 1. The Linkzone is off but plugged into the PC. > Boot appeared normal. > > 2. The Linkzone is turned on and I have waited for its indicator lights to > indicate connection to network. > This time the the screen was looping very quickly repeating that it was > attempting to reset a USB device. > > What log should I look in for such an error message? > I know I've seen description of how to interpret the boot process to gather > information. But where? The boot process has three major stages. 1. POST: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test 2. Bootloader (grub, etc.) 3. Operating System (in this case Debian) In which of the above stages does the boot hang? > I suspect also there is a subset of Case 2 -- The LinkZone had been used to > interact with a website before being plugged into the PC under test. Sorry, can't imagine how a modem can be used to "interact with a web page" without being connected to a PC. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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