Kernel 2.4.13 freezes on boot

Kernel 2.4.13 freezes on boot

[Solid Silver Panther]

greetings all,

  I apologise for the somewhat vague descriptions here, but Im no 
experienced Kernel Hacker. I'm in my 3rd month of Linux (RedHat 7.1) and was 
disappointed by the lack of my USB devices (printer and scanner and 
keyboard). I managed to replace the keyboard for PS/2 one. So, i decided to 
upgrade kernel to 2.4.13.

The USB Support I built in is now killing my PC.

usb.c: Registered new driver iforce

Thats my last boot message before the system freezes, so Im guessing 2.4.13 
doesnt properly support the USB stuff I have.

If theres a fix for that, or if its a common problem that everyone building 
USB support into their kernels has, I'd appreciate knowing in either case. 
If it is something im doing hiddeously wrong, please feel free to shout at 
me.

Thanx all.

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Re: Kernel 2.4.13 freezes on boot

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 01:11:24PM +0000, Solid Silver Panther wrote:
> greetings all,
> 
>  I apologise for the somewhat vague descriptions here, but Im no 
> experienced Kernel Hacker. I'm in my 3rd month of Linux (RedHat 7.1) and was 
> 
> disappointed by the lack of my USB devices (printer and scanner and 
> keyboard). I managed to replace the keyboard for PS/2 one. So, i decided to 
> upgrade kernel to 2.4.13.
> 
> The USB Support I built in is now killing my PC.
> 
> usb.c: Registered new driver iforce
> 
> Thats my last boot message before the system freezes, so Im guessing 2.4.13 
> doesnt properly support the USB stuff I have.
> 
> If theres a fix for that, or if its a common problem that everyone building 
> USB support into their kernels has, I'd appreciate knowing in either case. 
> If it is something im doing hiddeously wrong, please feel free to shout at 
> me.

What happens if you boot without any USB devices plugged in?

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: Kernel 2.4.13 freezes on boot

[Steve Parker]

Greg KH wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 01:11:24PM +0000, Solid Silver Panther wrote:
> > greetings all,
> >
> >  I apologise for the somewhat vague descriptions here, but Im no
> > experienced Kernel Hacker. I'm in my 3rd month of Linux (RedHat 7.1) and was
> >
> > <snip>
> 
> What happens if you boot without any USB devices plugged in?

I found I have a similar problem with the cpia driver. With cpia support
built into the kernel, the last thing I got was

usb.c: Registered new driver cpia

and the system stopped. Note that no USB initialisation messages
appeared prior
to the final line. This occurred with and without the camera (my only
USB
device) connected.

Building the cpia support as modules and modprobing them in after the
system
has booted seems to work without any problem.

Steve

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