Rawhide kernel kernel-2.6.25-0.200.rc8.git3.fc9.i686 fails to boot - FOUND REASON

[Mike]

Andrew Farris <lordmorgul <at> gmail.com> writes:

> This may be related to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440648
> System hanging when NetworkManager starts, with a wireless adapter card 
> installed.  I haven't yet pulled the card out to see if NM can start without
> it in there.  Try disabling NM and see if you can boot with the card
> installed, wpa_supplicant should not start either so disable that too.

This does look a bit similar to your bug - it looks to me like the problem
starts as soon as the card is plugged in and so looks related to the moment
that the kernel module is loaded. In my case NM is off via chkconfig anyway,
and wpa_supplicant does not start if the card is missing - and remains off.
But as soon as the adapter goes into the usb slot the system hard hangs
instantly... so it does not appear to be related to NM or wpa_supplicant but
to the kernel module (rt73usb in my case)