Re: USB Problems with Suse 9.0

From: Michael J. Hill (crono9854_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 05/17/04 

Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 03:58:33 GMT

On Sun, 16 May 2004 20:06:15 -0700, Synchrodude wrote:

> Michael J. Hill wrote:
>
>> I have installed Suse 9.0 on my laptop without any problems once i figured
>> a
>> few things out, but my desktop is being more of a pain. First phase of
>> installation went fine, even with my USB Keyboard and Mouse, but on the
>> reboot, it hung up at
>> Hotplugging [ pcmcia ieee1394 usb
>>
>> Seeing as both my keyboard and mouse are by major companies (Logitech and
>> Microsoft respectively) they supplied USB->PS/2 adapters, so I was able to
>> move them into their respective ports. But with a usb Hub and printer
>> still
>> hooked up, it locked up at the same point. I eventually removed all the
>> usb devices from the usb ports, and the bootup started fine, but if they
>> were left in, even unplugging them once it locked up would do nothing.
>>
>> I finished installation without anything hooked up...I did some research
>> online, and saw a similar case as mine, tried it, didn't work. But the
>> weird thing about my problem is, I can't plug a single device in without
>> it locking up, regardless of where it is *after* the hotplugging has
>> started....meaning it works fine up to where hotplugging is started, only
>> if
>> there are no usb devices plugged in. after that point, any device that
>> gets plugged in *will* lock it up.
>>
>> My ports are all USB 2.0 based on the SiS 7001 USB OHCI. Any ideas?
>>
>> Michael Hill
>
> Try with ACPI=off
> If that doesn't work try safe settings.

I actually posted this elsewhere as well, linuxquestions.org to be
specific, and I lucked out. The guy suggested disabling Legacy Support in
the bios, that did the job, though it meant i had to move my keyboard
permanently into the PS/2 slot using the adapter. But it works, and i got
my modem working too (LTmodem that's been with me for a while.)

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