From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261230AbUCKNAW (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:00:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261239AbUCKNAW (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:00:22 -0500 Received: from athmta03.forthnet.gr ([193.92.150.22]:28266 "EHLO forthnet.gr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261230AbUCKNAQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:00:16 -0500 Subject: Kernel panics on VIA motherboard with USB devices From: Emm Vasilakis To: linux-kernel Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1079010015.30872.12.camel@sylvester.rd.forthnet.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4- Date: 11 Mar 2004 15:00:15 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi all, I'm trying to get my new machine to work with Linux, but I'm having some problems. Machine specs: ASUS A7V600-X motherboard (KT600 & VIA 8237) Athlon XP 2400+ 512MB RAM WD 80G HD on primary IDE TV-Tuner (bt848) Initio UW-SCSI card Nvidia Ti 4200 gfx card I'm running gentoo linux, 2.4.25-pre kernel and the latest hotplug. The mobo has a total of 4 USB ports 2.0 at the back. The problem lies at the usb devices, and hotplug. I have a usb bluetooth dongle connected, and a usb to serial adaptor. This setup gets me to KDE ok, and everything works, including some usb storage devices that I may plug during up-time. But, if I try to restart hotplug, I get kernel oops. From there on, pretty much everything will seg fault when I try to load it, I can not login to a console, and when the machine tries to reboot, it hangs. strace shows that apps hang when trying to access /dev/tty. Similar problems exist even with kernel 2.6.4. I have tried the same usb devices in 2 more similar PC's (with the same mobo), and all produce the same error. When more usb devices are connected at boot, things can lead to a total lockup during boot. Anyone has any ideas what I can do about this? Are there any known problems with VIA chips and linux? I have the results from ksymoops on those oop'ses at home, if anyone is interested, I can send them. Thanks, Emmanuel