[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#625820: Please let the user know when fsck'ing while booting -> machine looks dead

[Tomas Pospisek]

On Fri, 6 May 2011, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:

> [Tomas Pospisek]
>> My boot here goes like this:
>>
>> 1. bios screen
>> 2. grub menu with the Debian background with the rocket
>> 3. press return on the first menu entry
>> 4. screen switches to black only
>> 5. "Loading, please wait..." apears
>> 6. screen switches to black only without nothing on it
>> 7. after a while the gdm login screen apears with the Debian
>>    background with the rocket
>>
>> The machine went ''dead'' (probably doing a loooooong fsck) after
>> point 6.
>
> This reminds me of a problem I saw with HP Compaq 6910p and the Ubuntu
> installer.  I had to use an external screen to see the installation
> output.  I suspect it was a bug in the kernel triggered by the video
> card.
>
> I suspect this bug really is in the kernel, and only affect some video
> cards.  Which video card are you using?

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
                                    Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)

My machine is a HP Compaq 6710b (which is eeriely close to Petter's 
intuition). Google tells me the Compaq 6910p has the same video
controller...

Hats off Petter!
*t