[ltp] hangs on startup (logo screen)

[Johannes Rieken]

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Am Tue, 25 May 2004 00:34 schrieb Robert Svoboda:
> * Robert Svoboda <r080@atlas.cz> [2004-05-20 10:10]:
> > * Johannes Rieken <johannes@riejo.de> [2004-05-20 07:30]:
> > > Am Wed, 19 May 2004 19:23 schrieb Tim Prince:
> > > > At 05:44 PM 5/19/2004, Johannes Rieken wrote:
> > > > >Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > >I have the same problem with SuSE9.1. Since I installed it some ti=
me
> > > > > it just hung at boot time. A few retries later it worked.
> > > > >Anybody a idea?
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > I know where my <F2> key is but I was referring to Robert's posting. =
My
> > > R40 hangs before grub is loaded. I just see the IBM Thinkpad-logo. I
> > > have also tried to press the <Access IBM> Button but it has no effect.
>
> [...]
>
> > I dont't know if it's related but forgot to tell, that there
> > is one more problem, even if I boot properly to the system,
> > sometimes my CD-ROM doesn't get recognised by kernel and
> > sometimes does. I switched to udev recently so this could be
> > the cause, but I don't see why...
>
> Some news here, I tried to remove cd-rom (actually it's the
> cd-rw/dvd) from the bay and voila, no problems at all, except
> being not able to access cd/dvd drive ;-)
>
> Then I discovered hdc=3Dcdrom kernel option, so I moved cd/dvd
> drive back and started kernel with this option. There were
> plenty of errors and drive didn't get recognised too.
>
> This points to HW related problem.

Jepp, the BIOS is to blame. After a update everything should work fine.=20


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