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On 12/31/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> On Sunday 31 December 2006 13:12, "Richard Fish" <bigfish@××××××××××.org> |
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> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] USB freezes the machine...': |
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> > On 12/31/06, Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > some days ago i've upgraded to udev-103 (stable version). Since |
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> > > then i've experienced complete freezes of the machine (nothing |
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> > > responds, even external ping on the network) when USB devices are |
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> > > mounted. |
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> > All udev does is create device nodes...it cannot effect the operation |
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> > of the device or cause the system to hang. |
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> Newer versions of udev (particularly 103) can also load kernel modules, |
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> which definitely can effect the operation of the device and can cause the |
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> system to hang. |
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Well udev can load modules, but if that causes the system to hang, it |
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is almost certainly a bug in that module. |
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Marco, if you suspect this at all, you can set RC_COLDPLUG=no in |
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/etc/conf.d/rc to completely disable module loading by udev. |
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-Richard |
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