Borsenkow Andrej writes:
> I just had this case today. System boots until "Loading compose keys"
> message appears then nothing more happens. SysRq-T does not show
> anything - just message "Show State". After SysRq-USB system came up
> normally.
>
> It means, the problem was not stale entries in /lib/dev-state or
> pam_console_apply. It looks very much like symlink resolution deadlock
> we had in September/October. System used to hang somewhere on startup
> and usually came up normally after forced reboot using SysRq.
>
> This is with Mandrake 2.4.17-10mdk kernel (2.4.18-pre7 based) with devfs
> 199.8 patch:
>
> {pts/3}% dmesg | grep devfs
> Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=345 hdd=ide-scsi
> devfs=mount
> devfs: v1.10 (20020120) Richard Gooch (rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> devfs: boot_options: 0x1
> Mounted devfs on /dev
>
> Unfortunately I have no idea how to reliably reproduce it. In my case
> upon reboot system suddenly lost mouse and keyboard was dead. I did hard
> reset and during this boot (immediately after hard reset) system hung as
> described.
>
> I use single ResierFS partition. I could of course try reset once more -
> the question is how can I debug it if it hangs again? It hangs very
> early when virtually nothing else is started.
Boot with devfs=dall (compile with CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG=y) and send me
the logs. That will help track down where it's hanging.
Regards,
Richard....
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