On Monday 01 January 2007 10:01, "Richard Fish" wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] USB freezes the machine...': > On 1/1/07, Marco Calviani wrote: > > If it useful, this is my lsmod: > > ohci_hcd 21636 0 > > uhci_hcd 24648 0 > > ehci_hcd 33160 0 > > I seem to recall that loading multiple USB controller drivers can > cause problems on some systems. I know my system (oddly enough) *requires* two different drivers, but that might just be my particular pieces of hardware. In any case, I think at least one of these is redundant. > You might try unloading all of these > with rmmod, then loading just one, and see if your drive will work. Agreed. > I > believe for most systems the ehci_hcd driver would be the preferred > one. Depends on your chipset. I believe either lspci and/or lsusb should tell you which driver(s) you need. > Posting your dmesg output might also help. Agreed. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh