Hi all, trying to figure out a usb problem i found out something strange in /var/log/messages (at least i think so). Sometimes the following entries are not present: sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0 sysctl: kernel.core_uses_pid = 1 network: Setting network parameters: succeeded network: Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded When present, these are 'early' entries in messages. Loopback log missing is strange indeed: lo is configured anyway, but it doesn't log when usb is not working. It looks like they are connect to usb malfunction, but i don't really know how. Can somebody help me understand what they mean? Especially the sysctl ones...i can't understand why they are missing sometimes. Kernel is always the same with the same parameter: kernel: Linux version 2.6.8-1.521 (bhcompile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)) #1 Mon Aug 16 09:01:18 EDT 2004 ... kernel: Kernel command line: ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=off I also noticed that ntpd behaves differently when those entries are present (and thus usb is working). In /var/log/messages ntpd gets initialized with a frequency of 24.170 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift when the sysctl entries are absent, and the frequency scales down to 16.787 PPM when they are present. Don't know what this could possibly mean. Thanks a lot E.
