Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 May 2002 16:51:50 +1000 | From | Stephen Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: APM hangs during boot w/out keyboard plugged in. |
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Hi Ben,
On Sat, 11 May 2002 11:07:47 -0700 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> wrote: > > I have noticed that the APM initialization always hangs when I > try to boot my various machines w/out the keyboard plugged in. > > This is true of many kernels, including the one shipped with RH 7.3. > > For now, I have to re-compile the kernel w/out APM support. Is > there some fundamental problem with using APM w/out a keyboard, > or can the code be fixed? > > My motherboard is Intel EEA2, 815 chipset. If more information > will help, please let me know and I'll provide it.
This sounds like a probelm with the BIOS on your computer. The apm driver in the kernel has no dependencies on the keyboard.
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