Re: Debian Sid startup problems

chuck gelm
2004-06-12T18:04:12Z

James Miller wrote:
> This is all a bit beyond me, Ray. But, taking your advice again, I looked
> in /etc/modules - nothing there referring to usb. Then, I looked in
> /etc/rc2.d: there, I found S15usbmgr which I changed to NoS15usbmgr.
> Rebooted with the 2.6.5 kernel, issued startx - same system hang requiring
> a telnet session to reboot the machine. Next, I looked in rcS.d.
> Nothing about usb in there, but I found something relating to another
> package I recently installed - hotplug. So, I changed S40hotplug to
> NoS40hotplug. Rebooted, issued startx and - WALLA! - normal X and gui
> startup! I'm not quite sure where to go from here, apart from doing some
> more testing to make sure the hotplug thing is the culprit (changing
> NoS15usbmgr back to S15usbmgr). I looked at the xfree log in /var/log
> that you mentioned, but could not identify any significant problem areas -
> not that my xfree log interpretation skills are much to speak of.
> Anyway, while I do a bit more experimentation, let me just ask what you
> think of upgrading X on this system to the latest 4.3? I'd like to update
> it anyway. Do you think it holds any potential for resolving this
> problem, or it could possibly interfere with any further troubleshooting?
> Similarly, a 2.6.6 kernel is now available for Sid. While I'm not too
> wild about loading a new kernel (I run vmware and so will have to compile
> new modules for it if I upgrade the kernel), I would consider it if it
> held some potential for resolving the current display problem. Any advice
> on that? Thanks so much for your input: at least I have a vague idea now
> of the problem's nature.
>
> James

Hi, James et allia:

I am wondering if that ATI video card is in hotplug's default
blacklist. ???

HTH, Chuck