Well it would seem he still found it useful. But forgot to cc the mailing list. ----- Forwarded message from Rob Lewis <rrl125@xxxxxxxxx> ----- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:20:20 -0500 From: Rob Lewis <rrl125@xxxxxxxxx> To: gt <codered12@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed [BUSY] Thanks! That thread at least confirms that two others will the same laptop are having the same issue. As for what the problem is, not quite sure yet but I will try reverting to a older kernel. On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:50 PM, gt <codered12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 07:45:54PM -0500, Rob Lewis wrote: > > I am running into an issue I have never really run into in the past with > my > > current laptop. Upon installing arch linux I reboot and face the > following > > issue which hangs forever during the bot process: > > > > Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed [BUSY] > > > > I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W520 with NVidia Optimus and I enabled NVidia > > Discrete mode in the BIOS. I cannot boot into my system after > installation, > > however sometimes it will skip by this error and I will lose all keyboard > > input and cannot login as a result. My workaround for the moment is to > put > > the BIOS into Optimus mode (Intel and NVidia cards are enabled) and use > the > > Intel video driver. I have tried nomodeset during the boot process but no > > luck. Googling the problem i find most people get a timeout after 30 > > seconds to find out what is causing the problem, but my system hangs > > forever. > > > > Is anyone else running into this issue or experienced enough to help me > > find out what the problem is? I have been running Arch since August 2011 > > with no issues up until now. > > > > Any help is appreciated, > > -Rob > > Maybe this thread can help. Many people seem to have problems with udev > recently. > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=134012 > > -- > O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org > ----- End forwarded message -----