freezes on boot unless i press the left arrow key

[badger89]

Re: freezes on boot unless i press the left arrow key

Apart from having issues finding the drivers for my wireless card i have not had the same issue with xp (as yet) im going to put Kubuntu back on the lappy cos its a better OS and i dont wanna use another one.
i think that rules out the hardware being an issue other than a kubuntu not working properly with it issue

[badger89]

Re: freezes on boot unless i press the left arrow key

hi,
KDE.bugs said it was nothing to do with them and closed the bug.
I have still had no problems with XP (for start up and shut down at least) but im using Wubi so i can use Kubuntu.
I have noticed two things. If i press alt f2 on start up the process stops at the extracting Hardware abstraction layer bit and i i go in via recovery mode it stops on the ./init/premount bit.
I have also noticed that other buttons,other than the left arrow button, work as well now.
I have also noticed that the error may be the same as other people have had with freeze on boot up after the system starting issue but i discovered by accident that pressing buttons works.
He ho its confusing but ive put the query onto about 4 other help sites so maybe we can get a conclusion for it.

[badger89]

Re: freezes on boot unless i press the left arrow key

yay i have an answer. well sort of.
The issue with ACPI and HAL. I have tied a quick fix (adding acpi=e) to the end of one of the Grub lines and it worked. Problem was it didnt save and i didnt have power managment.
By all accounts,and i had to do some digging,its not an ucommon issue on HP lappys and ACPI.
Now to get this sorted.
Thanks very much for all your help.

[jackfalstaff]

Re: freezes on boot unless i press the left arrow key

How do you go about editing the GRUB and adding this magic line? I have almost the same problem on my Compaq, except for me it is the CTRL key i have to hold down to get it to boot...