Re: misterious kernel message on booting

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Mauro Darida (by way of Mauro Darida ) (by way of Mauro Darida ) wrote:

> hello all,
> I have noticed for a long time this kernel message on booting:
>
> Starting hotplug subsystem: usb** cannot synthesize root hub events
>
> So far it seems not causing anything harmful, but I would be interested in
> what it means. I am using a stock 2.4.18bf24 kernel on my Sony Vaio fx802.
> --
> saluti,  Mauro
>
> On this machine no Windows system survives and LINUX POWER reigns UNLIMITED.
>
>
>  
If you're not using USB devices, and don't plan to, you can probably 
just ignore the message.

I suspect that you have usbmgr installed, but don't have USB support 
properly configured in your kernel/modules. But that's just a guess.

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Kent West (westk@acu.edu)