Comment 18 for bug 99356

This was the best description that I've heard of in terms of my problem.
This is exactly what I am experiencing and the noacpi option did not solve
my problem. I even tried the notsc option, which prevented the laptop from
booting. I'll try clocksource=acpi_pm and see what happens.

-Rich

On 5/18/07, Charles Perreault <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> You could try the "noacpi" boot option, just to see what happens. If it
> works better, file an acpi bug.
>
> Ian Johnston wrote:
> > I have just given up trying to install Feisty on my Thinkpad R403 (2684)
> > as a result of similar bugs. Symptoms were ...
> >
> > 1) Inordinately long delay at ACPI on boot (from CD)
> >
> > 2) Inordinately long delay at hald on boot
> >
> > 3) During the install process, the trackpoint started behaving
> > erratically
> >
> > 4) So did the keyboard: no gratuitous repeats, but some keys died from
> > time to time
> >
> > 5) Install hung solid at the "gathering information about filesystem"
> > stage.
>
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> [Feisty] Keyboard repeats keystrokes like tttthiiiiiiiiiiiissss
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99356
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