On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:47:23 -0500 "Thomas H. George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 11:55:42AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > > I have two boxes - both Sarge but with a 2.6.11 kernel built from > > kernel-source-2.6.11_2.6.11.orig.tar.gz which I downloaded from testing > > last summer. One box accepts usb devices (usb storage, Wacom tablet) > > with no problem the other does not reporting a series of "khubd timed > > out ..." messages. The kernels for the two boxes are identical as I > > copied the kernel source and .config files from the box which accepts > > the usb devices to the other box, unzipped and un-tarred the source > > files and compiled a new kernel with the copied .config file. The two > > boxes do not have an identical set of Sarge programs as they are used > > for different purposes but dmesg, syslog and kern.log give me no clue > > why the second box will not accept the usb devices other than the khubd > > timed out messages. > > > > Does anyone have suggestions where I should look for the root of this > > problem? > > > > Tom George > > > APIC was the culprit. When I turned this option off in Processor > Features and recompiled the kernel all the usb devices load and unload > correctly. I am not sure how it was that the other box was not using > APIC as it was selected in the .config I copied but to be sure I have > turned it off in both .config files. > > Tom > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can also turn it off with boot option 'noapic' Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
