6.0 kernel will not boot past atkbd0

[Paul Koch]

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:18 am, Pete French wrote:
> > I have the same behavior on Compaq AP400 (2xPIII 700MHz).
> > The problem disappeared when I disconnect the mouse.
>
> Ah! Now that is worth knowing - I didnt even think of trying that.
> So does anyone know why the mouse being connected causes it to not
> boot ?
>
> I can rebuild the kernel without the mouse driver, that might help...

We have an array of new ASUS machine connected through a KVM.  These 
machines panic when the kernel is probing for the mouse if ACPI is not 
loaded.  If a mouse is not plugged in, no panic.  If ACPI is loaded and 
the mouse is plugged in, it boots fine.

	Paul.