I have this same problem with raring 13.04 latest kernel and all updates, AMD 13.4 proprietary video drivers.
When my logitech USB wireless mouse is plugged into the regular USB 2 port on my HP DV6 envy notebook ubuntu hangs at boot with a black screen and the cpu fan goes faster, assuming theres a runaway process using more CPU or some kind of hang... this is the driver... i have not tried with a usb disk drive attached yet [ 777.219291] hid-generic 0003:046D:C521.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:12.0-1/input0 [ 777.224262] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.1/input/input13 [ 777.224565] hid-generic 0003:046D:C521.0002: input,hiddev0,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:12.0-1/input1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978891 Title: ubuntu 12.04 doesn't boot when usb device plugged in (except usb mouse) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/978891/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs