USB causes kernel crashes...

[Peter King]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 01:13:53PM -0400, Stewart C. Russell wrote:
> > Any ideas? Suggestions?
> 
> 1) There's something broken in your HW
> 2) Does the same USB action cause crashes using an Ubuntu live CD? Maybe
> you should reconsider your use of Gentoo.

Pretty sure it's a kernel issue. It does *not* happen with 2.6.37-r4, where
I can plug and unplug devices willy-nilly. Plus, there are others who report
the same problem with the 2.6.38/9 kernels. No doubt it does interact with my
hardware -- I don't have the problem on my other computers -- but then again,
it's my hardware that I'm stuck with, and it would be good to make it work.

Since it does seem to be a kernel problem, there's no reason to reconsider the
use of gentoo, I shouldn't think. If some other distro has patched the kernel
to avoid the problem, well, patching and compiling is what gentoo is all about.

I have a shiny new Kubuntu disc around I'll try it with this afternoon, but 
its kernel may not be new enough to exhibit the problem. I'll post the results
once I have them.

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