[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 Experiences

John john at neodoc.biz
Thu Apr 26 19:33:17 CEST 2012


On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:06:52 -0400
imnotpc wrote:

> On 04/26/2012 12:33 PM, Frank Griffin wrote:
> > On 04/26/2012 12:01 PM, imnotpc wrote:
> >>
> >> I was able to do this and now have a different outcome. Using safe 
> >> mode the system eventually locks up but with different messages:
> >>
> >> Failed to start LSB: HAL daemon               [FAILED]
> >> [   79.8755491] Disabling IRQ #24
> >>
> >> Then I get a flashing cursor but the keyboard doesn't work.
> >
> > No idea about this.  What about a default boot that used to lock up 
> > with a blank screen ?
> 
> Well this is truly odd. It locks up at many different places. I know 
> this sounds crazy but the point it locks up at seems to be related to 
> whether I select the default boot image to boot immediately or just let 
> it time out and boot. It's almost like there is a timer that begins when 
> grub loads and the system locks up a certain time after that no matter 
> where it is in the boot sequence.
> 
> This sounds like a hardware issue except that I've been able to install 
> mga1 and openSUSE 12.1 sucessfully on this laptop since my first 
> attempts to install mga2. I've also run an extensive RAM test and 
> everything looks good.
> 

Put it in the fridge for 30 minutes and try again ? :-)

John



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