Anyone? Re: usb flash drive locks up pc, squeeze, lenny, not ubuntu
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:57:24PM -0700, whollygoat@letterboxes.org wrote:
Ubuntu 7.10 doesn't have this problem, but I tried lenny and it does it, too.
Looked at loaded modules on Ubuntu and Squeeze. usb_storage was missing on
squeeze, but after loading, problem persisted.
Googling hasn't helped.
No ideas here?
> Hi,
>
> Recently installed testing for the first time. Whenever
> I try to use a usb flash drive the machine freezes: no
> keyboard, no mouse, no ssh from the outside, not even
> an answer to a ping.
>
> Most often this happens right after plugging in the drive.
> Once I was able to work maybe 4 or 5 minutes before things
> locked up. Couple of times I've been able to get to prompt
> and mount the drive.
>
> Tried a couple of differnt usb thumb drives. All cause
> the squeeze machine to lock up, none cause and etch machine
> to lock up.
>
> Thought it might have been related to pmount or hal recently
> installed, but I purged them and the problem persists. Except
> for ssh, I've purging everything added since the install, but
> the box still hangs when using usb flash drives.
>
> Nothing in the logs.
>
> kernel 2.6.26
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> wg
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