From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QVsf7-0006Y2-17 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:57:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 010171C08A; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0D941C08A for ; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so3851707wwj.10 for ; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:55:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type; bh=SCJTPgi6Pp5rw1lW5BqfFto+xRyhPmCpd6LzpYfMUxg=; b=fpPZQbXaK0eTENwGpIHOEdEsXVZ5bF8GebuM6I0HeuXH4TsfL29yvwoYdc6zo+u0X7 L8ij/LoGCh5ftSjEbmiSWCiBUtBdPoe226U6a6JTliIH3RUsACUhk1doK8xSxxy4nAEX RaOG7g1KYJG/hhmxo/xVpcbIUfIV336lZwKX0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; b=LPAaCPlDLs/V9y3qRTo5i/42VKbOXQaMDJXZ80/WmO99tombBLIzjzPXhav1ycxd9s hrxJtGZYSNh1RhqvAZ2zfESRzle1jUb13P1AafXfRc5lcjBfCTTJDLLGHRWRFeU3MJZH uA1HLOKlmdxfi1eKYCNjoVBQveMh1d9CnOd/0= Received: by 10.227.196.209 with SMTP id eh17mr4488565wbb.5.1307915736853; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:55:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localnet (p4FC75838.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.199.88.56]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o19sm3774718wbh.4.2011.06.12.14.55.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:55:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB Problems Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:55:33 +0200 Message-ID: <18169270.XOo3lSFH5F@localhost> User-Agent: KMail/4.6 rc1 (Linux/2.6.39.1r4; KDE/4.6.4; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <4DF5268A.904@gmail.com> References: <20110612153012.7b8bf4fa@arcticwolf.myzen.co.uk> <20110612192048.GD3061@solfire> <4DF5268A.904@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c9bd96c914a084894fa83bb957844f7d On Sunday 12 June 2011 15:50:18 Dale wrote: > meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi John, > > > > if sysreq does not work after inserting the usbstick then the kernel > > stops working completly (the sysreq-code of the kernel is not > > entered), which seems to be that something happening on very low > > level (the problem not the sysreq-code of course... ;) > > > > Just another shot into the dark: > > Do you have modularized all usb-related stuff? This also may help to > > let the usb-sticks work correctly. > > > > Ah! Another thing: Insert the related modules into > > /etc/conf.d/modules so that they get loaded in a very early > > phase of the bootprocess. > > > > With modules loaded and with no usb-sticks as root inspect the > > according modules with modinfo -p to see, whether > > there a additional parameters you may pass to the modules to get > > an extra of informations or - better - to fix the issue. > > > > Modify under "Kernel hacking" in the kernel config the > > "Default message log level" to see more. > > > > Furthermore there is a switch "Kernel debugging" with sub-options. > > May be turning on these may also help to get closer to all evil ;) > > > > Last thing: > > If there is nothing valueable stored on the usbsticks: > > Try to reformat the usbsticks. Instead of putting a FAT32-fs on the > > bare device, create a regular partition and create a Linux-fs > > (reiserfs, ext2/3/4 or like that) on that partition. > > > > This may not be good idea in general, but - if it works - this would > > give a hint, where to search next. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Best regards, > > mcc > > Have you looked to see if that mobo has a USB problem and a BIOS update > to fix it? lets see: 2.6.36 works fine 2.6.37 works fine 2.6.38.0 works fine 2.6.39 panic does not look like mobo problem. -- #163933