https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355#c1 roland kletzing changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rolandkletzing@materna.de --- Comment #1 from roland kletzing 2008-10-11 15:34:57 MDT --- should be bios issue, not a kernel one. i would try bios update (if available) - if not, contact the vendor and ask for a fix. anyway - i´m curious that this happens on recent hardware at all, but nice to see that my patch (see http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=... ) at least helped working around your problem :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355#c3 --- Comment #3 from roland kletzing 2008-10-23 10:04:24 MDT --- there is one at http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=2011712&moid=1702323&rpn=PPR50U&BV_EngineID=cccgadefhjihddecgfkceghdgngdgnn.0&ct=DL&all_docs=false, but the question is, if this helps at all - at least there is no related item on the fixed issues list.... alan cox seems to have some more experience with thos edd hang issues ( http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/16/128 ) i`m curious that i don`t find any other reference for this issue with google - so either nobody using this notebook with linux or there is something special with your model. maybe any special add-in card in place, with own bios ? (mini-pci?) if yes, does unplugging that or disabling that make a difference ? anyway, i`d contact the vendor. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355#c5 --- Comment #5 from roland kletzing 2008-11-04 06:37:43 MST --- i have some hints that usb addon hardware like usb-sticks and mass-storage can cause this edd-hang. any chance to disconnect ALL usb-connected add-on hardware to see if this makes a difference ? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355#c7 --- Comment #7 from roland kletzing 2008-11-24 08:35:52 MST --- does hdd boot also work fine with usb-dvd attached and some non-bootable dvd inserted? i´d be rather curious if this really is a bios issue and how the vendor deals with this. did you try older suse installation cd`s and do they show the same behaviour? did you report to the vendor? sorry for being persistent, but i have seen users not being able to install linux because of such isse - not even with "try edd=off" as they didn`t get the point to add that to the boot-params (ok, don`t know if novell want`s such users as their customers) ;) otherwise there`s not much to do about this and we could close this bug..... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355 User oneukum@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355#c8 Oliver Neukum changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |uli@novell.com --- Comment #8 from Oliver Neukum 2008-12-08 04:42:32 MST --- Could you please do the tests Roland suggested? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355 User devzero@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427355#c10 --- Comment #10 from roland kletzing 2009-01-22 05:17:51 MST --- related one: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465337 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.