Hi Roman, Trying to boot kernel 2.6.18-rc1-mm1 on a Siemens-Fujitsu mainbord with an Intel Pentium 3 processor running at 600 Mhz the last message I can read is the following: Starting PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: main_ (The _ behind main stands for the hanging cursors). Then the boot process does not take any break at all (like in kernel 2.6.18-rc1 and in kernels 2.6.17-mm*), but simply stops completely. About 7 message lines are missing before X starts for presenting the graphical login prompt (proftpd, xprint etc.). Perhaps two dmesgs help: one for a functionable 2.6.17.4 kernel (dmesg17), another for the kernel in question (dmesg18). This does not happen on two Pentium 4 machines with Asus mainboards and Pentium 4 processors running at 1800 Mhz. Please see two dmesg attachments. Regards Uwe P. S.: Please a humble request: I'd deeply appreciate that Valdis stops telling me things like: „Odd.. there wasn't anything P4-specific in that patch..“ or „Are you *positive* that your Pentium3 box is hanging up for the same reason? It could be it's something else entirely.“ Simply my intuition tells me that a system timer performs very different on two very different machines with two very different CPU frequencies and two very different main processors. For example absolutely NO Pentium 3 or Pentium 2 processor contains hyperthreading technology, far apart from the totally different CPU frequencies! In so far it not only could be but simply MUST be a timer.c issue!! -- Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft für 0,- Euro*! "Feel free" mit GMX DSL! http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl
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