Quote Originally Posted by serene
Only 'nohwsetup' will start the laptop.
Question:
How can I determine exactly what is hanging the startup of my laptop?
Try this: boot: knoppix nohwsetup 3 That should boot Knoppix into a virtual console with a root shell. Does it? If so, you can then run hwsetup manually. To see the option hwsetup takes, type:
Code:
hwsetup -h
You can run hwsetup via the strace program to see what system calls it is making. Type:
Code:
strace hwsetup -a -s
What do you see on the screen just before Knoppix hangs? For example, what's the last line say? Also, what's the last line that begins with "open(...." say?

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- Robert
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