> Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 22:09:24 -0400 > From: Robert Locke <lists@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Bug Report > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1115172564.5094.14.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 18:53 -0600, Lloyd Hayes wrote: > > Bug Report: > > > > I don't know how extensive this bug is. I use my laptop with FC3 while > > traveling across the USA in my 18-Wheeler. I get my loads over the > > Internet. The 110 volt power is supplied by an inverter attached to my > > batteries. APC battery backup power supplies don't work well in this > > environment. (Last time that I tried one, which was about 7 years ago, > > it caught fire a couple of weeks after I bought it.) > > > > When the batteries get low, the inverter simply shuts off. This does not > > affect the laptop. But when I have external hard drives, printers, > > scanners, and external CD ROMS hooked into the laptop, they simply shut > > down and fall off of the devices with again no problem to the laptop. > > > > The problem is when I start up the motor to get power going again, then > > I reset the power inverter. I have an in-line switch which is shut off > > until the inverter is back on. When the power back on, I turn the switch > > on and the devices are also suddenly turned back on. > > > > FC3 freezes up every time the devices are turned back on. It can be > > just the printer or the external hard drive. The result is the same. I > > have been known to let it sit there for a couple of hours to see if > > something happens. Nothing does. The mouse pointer, and everything on > > the Gnome screen stays frozen. CTRL+DEL+ALT does nothing. Same with > > CTRL+ATL+BACK SPACE. The only way out of it is the power button for 6 > > seconds. This is completely repeatable and happens every time. > > > > It does not happen if no external devices are connected to the laptop. > > > > I'll make a few assumptions... Are you running the latest kernel? > 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 is it. Well, apparently the new kernel may have > introduced some issues into USB - see bug #154690 as an example. Though > admittedly it is somewhat in reverse of what you are experiencing, it > might be related. According to one report, there is a new kernel in > updates-testing (2.6.11-1.20_FC3), that helped the original reporter of > that bug. The other solution that I have been using is to simply revert > back one kernel when I plan to play with USB devices to > 2.6.10-1.770_FC3.... > > HTH, > > --Rob > > > You guessed the kernel, almost. I use the Linuxant version of it. Afraid that I have deleted previous versions. I guess that I'll wait for the next one. I know what will happen so it's more of an inconvenience then anything else... Thanks, Lloyd -- Lloyd Hayes Lloyd545220-trucker@xxxxxxxxx Web Page: http://talkingstaff.bravehost.com/index.html Web Journal: http://lloyd_hayes.bravejournal.com
