You have installed and activated PCMCIA. Although you can boot as usual, you cannot log in at the login prompt. Both the keyboard and the mouse hang. This error can arise during the installation, too, if PCMCIA modules have been loaded.
When starting, PCMCIA probes for free interrupts. Probing the IRQ 12 causes a problem with the PS/2 controller, to which both keyboard and mouse are attached.
Insert the option irq_list=3,5,7,9,10
for the variable
PCMCIA_PCIC_OPTS
in the file /etc/rc.config
(or /etc/rc.config.d/pcmcia.rc.config
for version 7.3
or /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia
from 8.0 on), so only the listed
IRQs will be probed. Only list available IRQs.
PCMCIA_PCIC_OPTS="irq_list=3,5,7,9,10"
The option irq_list=3,5,7,9,10
can also be used if this problem
occurs during the installation process. When loading the PCMCIA modules,
you will be asked twice to define the necessary parameters. Enter this option
at the second prompt when asked for specific parameters for the
chipset "i82365".