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From: Thomas Molina <tmolina@cox.net>
To: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Bug 328] New: The computer seems to hang after the kernel has uncompressed and starts to boot.
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 15:00:43 -0600 (CST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302081456180.3031-100000@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20980000.1044736584@[10.10.2.4]>

On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Martin J. Bligh wrote:

> 
> http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328
> 
>            Summary: The computer seems to hang after the kernel has
>                     uncompressed and starts to boot.
>     Kernel Version: 2.5.59
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>              Owner: bugme-janitors@lists.osdl.org
>          Submitter: di00enad@ing.hj.se
> 
> 
> Distribution: RedHat 8.0
> Hardware Environment: Acer Aspire 1300 laptop
> Software Environment: RedHat 8.0, GCC 3.2, LILO
> Problem Description: When I have compiled the kernel without problems and 
> restart the computer the only two lines that are printed are:
> 
> Booting 2.5.59
> Uncompressing the kernel, Ok booting the kernel
> 
> then there is no more text printed out and the keyboard do not work. But I
> can  see some activity on the harddisk for about 10 seconds. When I reset
> the  computer fsck is run because the disk was not cleanly unmounted. It
> seems like  the system can almost boot but I can't see anything on the
> screen.

I began to see this bug this weekend myself.  I'm not sure of the cause, 
but it can be worked around by configuring the kernel for built-in (not 
modular) support of virtual terminals (CONFIG_VT) and support for console 
on virtual terminals (CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE).  


  reply	other threads:[~2003-02-08 20:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-08 20:36 [Bug 328] New: The computer seems to hang after the kernel has uncompressed and starts to boot Martin J. Bligh
2003-02-08 21:00 ` Thomas Molina [this message]
2003-02-08 22:18   ` Andries Brouwer

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