Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Monday 18 May 2009, Chris Howie wrote: >> Folks: >> >> I've been running 2.6.29.1 for some time and reported an issue to this >> mailing list a while ago about the boot process. I believe I have now >> nailed down the one factor that determines whether I see this issue. >> >> The problem arises only when booting or halting my laptop when there >> is no power plugged in, e.g. the system is running on battery. >> Sometime after init begins starting services I must hold down a key on >> the keyboard to convince it to continue booting, otherwise it just >> hangs. If the system is running on AC then it boots fine. This same >> problem repeats itself during the halt process if running on battery. >> >> This also happens when resuming a suspend-to-disk image, after loading >> the data from the hard drive, but before control is returned to >> userspace. The keyboard has no effect on this hang, presumably >> because the kernel is not listening to the keyboard at this point. >> When this happens the only solution is to hold the power button and >> boot normally instead. >> >> An issue like this is a serious usability problem for me. I am >> neither a kernel developer nor hacker, my coding skills applying >> mostly to userspace applications. If there is anything you need from >> me to help diagnose this problem please let me know. >> >> I am not subscribed so please CC me on replies. > > Let's try to make your report a bit more visible (some CCs added). > I presume it boots with "acpi=off"? -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
