Ok, I will add a boot-time option to disable usb-discover.
However, I would also like to improve usb-discover's handling of this situation, eg stop it hanging on your hardware. Can you tell me: (1) the output of lspci and lspci -n (2) lsmod the list of usb modules when the system is working; ie what USB modules do you need? -- SlÃn agus Beannacht, Alastair Alastair McKinstry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key fingerprint (New) = CD45 260A 4546 C3C0 F595 F0F6 4132 BF90 2A38 5C57 He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. - --Thomas Paine