Yeah sorry about that. The link is still useful as it confirms i'm not the only one having the problem. I will take suggestions provided to find out more detail on what is going on. On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:08 AM, gt <codered12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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: [arch-general] 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 ----- >
