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It seems Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > 
> > Pretty darn wierd. Anyone have any ideas as to why it works when the serial
> > console AND verbose boot is enabled?
> 
> I can confirm this on my system, as well. And I do have an explanation
> (but a fix will probably have to come from Søren.
> 
> The reason is almost certainly a timing issue. When you boot -v, the
> resume sends a LOT more data to the screen and when you use -D, it sends
> it to both the screen and the serial port which is MUCH slower to
> complete than the screen. This allows SOMETHING to clear or complete or
> something on resume and all is well.

I think its more likely that we hit the infamous console lockup bug
thats been around for months (probably a lock messup somewhere).

-Søren
                     Yes I know it works under windows!!