Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:22:00 +1000 From: Paul Koch <paul.koch@statseeker.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: mackiev@yandex.ru, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Subject: Re: 6.0 kernel will not boot past atkbd0 Message-ID: <200511250822.00875.paul.koch@statseeker.com> In-Reply-To: <E1EfIrs-0002Tr-Hb@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> References: <E1EfIrs-0002Tr-Hb@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:18 am, Pete French wrote: > > I have the same behavior on Compaq AP400 (2xPIII 700MHz). > > The problem disappeared when I disconnect the mouse. > > Ah! Now that is worth knowing - I didnt even think of trying that. > So does anyone know why the mouse being connected causes it to not > boot ? > > I can rebuild the kernel without the mouse driver, that might help... We have an array of new ASUS machine connected through a KVM. These machines panic when the kernel is probing for the mouse if ACPI is not loaded. If a mouse is not plugged in, no panic. If ACPI is loaded and the mouse is plugged in, it boots fine. Paul.
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