Hi all, > I seem to recall that loading multiple USB controller drivers can > cause problems on some systems. You might try unloading all of these > with rmmod, then loading just one, and see if your drive will work. I > believe for most systems the ehci_hcd driver would be the preferred > one. > > Posting your dmesg output might also help. > It's more that one year that i have gentoo installed on my laptop and other desktop computers. Everything was working very well with these three controller 'til now.... In my system uhci is required by the USB mouse for it to work. I've tried to unload ohci (so keeping ehci (USB 2.0) and uhci (USB 1.1)) but the system keeps freezing. As the attachment you can find my dmesg. Cheers, m