[ltp] hangs on startup (logo screen)

[Johannes Rieken]

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I have the same problem with SuSE9.1. Since I installed it some time it jus=
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hung at boot time. A few retries later it worked.=20
Anybody a idea?



Am Wed, 19 May 2004 05:10 schrieb Robert Svoboda:
> Hello list,
>
> I have Thinkpad R40 running Gentoo. Some two weeks ago I
> started to experience hangs on startup screen (screen with
> colored text IBM Thinkpad and message saying to press blue
> Access IBM button to access BIOS).
>
> It just shows the screen and then nothing. I can press that
> Access IBM button and message about pressing it disappears but
> that's all.
>
> I have to try it approximately 10 times to start it normally
> sometimes, sometimes everything works well for a few reboots.
> So far, I'm not able to predict when it's going to happen.
>
> I tried to disable every boot device except HDD, which seemed
> to help, but few reboots and again I was in the same
> situation.
>
> And there is more, sometimes, when I successfuly pass the
> startup screen, booting grub takes very long time, say 10
> times longer than usual. I can live with it, because then it
> always boots.
>
> Any help?
>
> Thank you,
> Robert

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