Bug 57000

Summary:	Kernel hangs on boot after upgrade to 2.4.9-13
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Russell Steffen <rsteffen>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2	CC:	asher_f
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Description Russell Steffen 2001-12-02 22:03:38 UTC

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Description of problem:
After upgrading the kernel to version 2.4.9-13, the kernel hangs early in
the boot process. The original kernel continues to work as expected.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Power-on
2.Select kernel 2.4.9-13 on the Grub menu
3.*boom*
	

Actual Results:  Kernel hangs shortly after starting. The last two lines
printed
to the console are:
apm: BIOS  version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version: 1.14)
mxt_scan_bios: enter

Expected Results:  Kernel should have continued on and booted.

Additional info:

The problem occurs when a USB keyboard is used.

The system is a stock Dell Dimension L866r, the keyboard is an IBM USB
keyboard/hub combo. If I connect a PS/2 keyboard, the kernel will boot as
expected.

The problem might be related to bug number 55878, but the effects that I
see are very different.

Comment 1 Alan Cox 2003-06-07 23:08:33 UTC

MXT was removed as problematical