On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 15:00:07 +0200 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Ma, 09 mar 21, 06:32:33, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 03/08/2021 10:18 AM, songbird wrote: > > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > before chasing down this rabbit hole, see if there is an > > > upgrade for your current kernel on the debian backports > > > site (for your processor and distribution type). i just > > > had an issue with a new device not being recognized and > > > updated my kernel (for stretch) and it worked fine after > > > that. > > > > > > > The more I think about my observed symptoms, it would seem logical > > to be kernel related. > > > > If the Linkzone is physically connected when PC is turned on, the > > boot process will hang until the Linkzone is disconnected. > > Please also provide info like the exact stage of the boot process, > any (error) messages on screen, etc. > > I've seen this symptom with a laptop before, though it would hang at > the BIOS stage (it was probably trying to boot from it), while you > imply it's later. > Yes, it's fairly common. My desktop (Gigabyte MB, mumble-mumble years old) does it. Only with some things: it won't try to boot from a Kindle or mobile phone, but it will try from a USB stick. Depends on the filesystem/protocol, I suppose. What it won't do is give up after a time and try the next device, it will just hang permanently. -- Joe
