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From: Strong Cypher <cypherstrong@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB freezes the machine...
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:26:49
Message-Id: 5251dbe30701010317ie05a2d7lfeeb6fc13b134c5a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] USB freezes the machine... by Richard Fish
1 What are your kernel version ? (uname -a)
2 What are your kernel package ? (gentoo-sources ???)
3
4 So perhaps a bug with a kernel you install recently
5
6 I have so hardware, that bug awfully with certain version of kernel, and do
7 hang up after a mount ...
8
9 so perhaps search in this way
10
11
12 2007/1/1, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>:
13 >
14 > On 12/31/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote:
15 > > On Sunday 31 December 2006 13:12, "Richard Fish" <bigfish@××××××××××.org
16 > >
17 > > wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] USB freezes the machine...':
18 > > > On 12/31/06, Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@×××××.com> wrote:
19 > > > > some days ago i've upgraded to udev-103 (stable version). Since
20 > > > > then i've experienced complete freezes of the machine (nothing
21 > > > > responds, even external ping on the network) when USB devices are
22 > > > > mounted.
23 > > >
24 > > > All udev does is create device nodes...it cannot effect the operation
25 > > > of the device or cause the system to hang.
26 > >
27 > > Newer versions of udev (particularly 103) can also load kernel modules,
28 > > which definitely can effect the operation of the device and can cause
29 > the
30 > > system to hang.
31 >
32 > Well udev can load modules, but if that causes the system to hang, it
33 > is almost certainly a bug in that module.
34 >
35 > Marco, if you suspect this at all, you can set RC_COLDPLUG=no in
36 > /etc/conf.d/rc to completely disable module loading by udev.
37 >
38 > -Richard
39 > --
40 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
41 >
42 >

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