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manolomartinez

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Registered: 2011-04-29

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"Waiting for UDev events..." freeze

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to install Arch from an USB, and the booting process freezes at the line "Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed [BUSY]". I've seen a similar problem at the forum, but the solution was only feasible for an installed system, not during installation. Has anyone encountered this problem, or has some advise?

Thanks a lot,
Manolo

nperry

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Registered: 2010-05-16

Posts: 87

Re: "Waiting for UDev events..." freeze

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to install Arch from an USB, and the booting process freezes at the line "Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed [BUSY]". I've seen a similar problem at the forum, but the solution was only feasible for an installed system, not during installation. Has anyone encountered this problem, or has some advise?

Thanks a lot,
Manolo

I've only seen this on an installed system, when there is a typo in a udev rule.

Could be a bad download?

What have you got plugged in?

manolomartinez

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Registered: 2011-04-29

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Re: "Waiting for UDev events..." freeze

Hi, thanks for your reply. I only have an USB mouse plugged in (and the USB drive with the Arch iso.) Hm. I'll try redownloading the iso, and baking a CD just in case.

Manolo

tips

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From: USA

Registered: 2011-04-20

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Re: "Waiting for UDev events..." freeze

I'm havng a similar issue that started a week ago or so, speculating it was the lates kernel update. When I start up my system, it hangs and only procceeds if I press a key(any key ex: ALT, c, w...etc) then it continues. Same thing with shutdown. While its shutting down and displaying its term signal commands it hangs and doesnt continue unless I press something, sometimes, I even have to hold it. It never becomes unresponsive atleast, but its like its waiting for my input.

zertyz

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From: Rio de Janeiro

Registered: 2010-06-25

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Re: "Waiting for UDev events..." freeze

manolomartinez, which version are you attempting to install?

If using the 2010.05 version, you can try the archboot 2011.02 and vice-versa.

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Luiz