Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 14 Jul 2001 22:07:17 -0400 (EDT) | From | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <> | Subject | Re: Linux USB boot hang |
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 aset@bellatlantic.com wrote:
> Hello, > > I compiled and installed Linux-2.4.5smp on a dual 300 MHz Pentium II > running Red Hat 7.0 with gcc 2.96. The motherboard has two sets of USB > headers but there are no USB ports. If I configure the kernel with USB > modules, at boot linux complains repeatedly: > > hub.c: Cannot enable port 1 of hub 1, disabling port. > hub.c: Maybe USB cable is bad? > hub.c: Cannot enable port 2 of hub 1, disabling port. > hub.c: Maybe USB cable is bad? > > I don't know how to get out of this, so I just wait for it to time out > to finish booting. If I don't configure the kernel for a USB controller > then the during the boot process it complains that it can't find the > usb-uhci module and the boot process hangs at sendmail. Again I wait for > the time-out for the boot process to finish. How do I fix this dilemma. > Is there some way I can modifiy hub.c to stop looking for ports 1 and 2? > > Thanks, from a Linux newbie. > > Don Werder > aset@bellatlantic.net
Add "append=nousb" to lilo.conf. RH looks for this and skips loading the USB module if it exists.
It's not hanging at sendmail; it just can't find the IP address for your machine.
-- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>
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