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 1QVrdV-0007LC-Hr for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:51:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 840C11C004; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:50:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5787B1C004 for ; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:50:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxd30 with SMTP id 30so1182237yxd.40 for ; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:50:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=IBhpcmTHgxvQvUKxbDq3AGoKlzk950qUaI2oMrH0pJ0=; b=iAiWVnY5ZJ8cMRgXHQ25jNABff9Kmp+/uBdvtgpiK4i4NkKha48TEaHxPAIqRcRJGm OBc9sZIMnagHQH34TPQQe7C2mhO1mOBdVL1BN5xzaFRyTvMAVDAzly5w3NiyvoQ2zVNU O35T8aZyJPCmESsnYPQTtqXW9ujA7Dthyvegg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lRiE5yEbATGmEWr3fMpDnhTFD5i4jpV/G8cgnafsoA9Ra+AdYQP8gV9+EBCP4aI6H4 U/CnFjJO7cTSTYiMZTLMx+bOC6/Hr5PXgtRfQWRYtqLVY2RshMgMHx9qsOg4fM9rIE3E 6gvC4LvFk4UKp6k8i+Ylj/pVc5pkNfRjR7cbI= Received: by 10.150.240.10 with SMTP id n10mr5394535ybh.77.1307911821719; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:50:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-122-125.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.122.125]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o2sm490032ybn.6.2011.06.12.13.50.19 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:50:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DF5268A.904@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:50:18 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110606 Gentoo/2.0.14-r1 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB Problems References: <20110612153012.7b8bf4fa@arcticwolf.myzen.co.uk> <20110612144538.GA3061@solfire> <20110612194520.0f649340@arcticwolf.myzen.co.uk> <20110612192048.GD3061@solfire> In-Reply-To: <20110612192048.GD3061@solfire> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b591fd9cb64b687bab7fba50e39a0b32 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? Just curious. Dale :-) :-)