From: "Richard Fish" <bigfish@asmallpond.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB freezes the machine...
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:33:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7573e9640612312033o2ef6621cub3c7160c9ffc7d14@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200612312019.33664.bss03@volumehost.net>
On 12/31/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@volumehost.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 31 December 2006 13:12, "Richard Fish" <bigfish@asmallpond.org>
> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] USB freezes the machine...':
> > On 12/31/06, Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > some days ago i've upgraded to udev-103 (stable version). Since
> > > then i've experienced complete freezes of the machine (nothing
> > > responds, even external ping on the network) when USB devices are
> > > mounted.
> >
> > All udev does is create device nodes...it cannot effect the operation
> > of the device or cause the system to hang.
>
> Newer versions of udev (particularly 103) can also load kernel modules,
> which definitely can effect the operation of the device and can cause the
> system to hang.
Well udev can load modules, but if that causes the system to hang, it
is almost certainly a bug in that module.
Marco, if you suspect this at all, you can set RC_COLDPLUG=no in
/etc/conf.d/rc to completely disable module loading by udev.
-Richard
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-31 9:11 [gentoo-user] USB freezes the machine Marco Calviani
2006-12-31 19:12 ` Richard Fish
2007-01-01 2:19 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-01-01 4:33 ` Richard Fish [this message]
2007-01-01 11:17 ` Strong Cypher
2007-01-01 11:31 ` Marco Calviani
2007-01-04 3:20 ` Richard Fish
2007-01-01 11:28 ` Marco Calviani
2007-01-01 16:01 ` Richard Fish
2007-01-01 16:43 ` Michal 'vorner' Vaner
2007-01-01 16:49 ` Raymond Lewis Rebbeck
2007-01-01 16:53 ` Strong Cypher
2007-01-01 17:20 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-01-02 9:19 ` Marco Calviani
2007-01-02 10:46 ` Strong Cypher
2007-01-02 13:41 ` Marco Calviani
2007-01-02 14:55 ` Strong Cypher
2007-01-03 14:40 ` [gentoo-laptop] " Marco Calviani
2007-01-03 14:40 ` Marco Calviani
[not found] ` <c52221f0701031052k78757e5er24022077e7699326@mail.gmail.com>
2007-01-03 19:17 ` [gentoo-laptop] " Marco Calviani
2007-01-03 23:17 ` Strong Cypher
2007-01-04 16:20 ` Devon Miller
2007-01-04 19:35 ` Strong Cypher
2007-01-07 19:38 ` Marco Calviani
2007-01-07 20:32 ` Strong Cypher
2007-01-07 22:59 ` Marco Calviani
2007-01-08 12:48 ` Strong Cypher
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