[arch-general] Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed [BUSY]

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On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 07:45:54PM -0500, Rob Lewis wrote:
> I am running into an issue I have never really run into in the past with my
> current laptop. Upon installing arch linux I reboot and face the following
> issue which hangs forever during the bot process:
> 
> Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed [BUSY]
> 
> I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W520 with NVidia Optimus and I enabled NVidia
> Discrete mode in the BIOS. I cannot boot into my system after installation,
> however sometimes it will skip by this error and I will lose all keyboard
> input and cannot login as a result. My workaround for the moment is to put
> the BIOS into Optimus mode (Intel and NVidia cards are enabled) and use the
> Intel video driver. I have tried nomodeset during the boot process but no
> luck. Googling the problem i find most people get a timeout after 30
> seconds to find out what is causing the problem, but my system hangs
> forever.
> 
> Is anyone else running into this issue or experienced enough to help me
> find out what the problem is? I have been running Arch since August 2011
> with no issues up until now.
> 
> Any help is appreciated,
>   -Rob

Maybe this thread can help. Many people seem to have problems with udev
recently.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=134012

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