> John Wendel wrote: > > J.L. Coenders wrote: > > > > > > > > TIME TO UPGRADE! > > > > I wish I could help, but the only thing I can suggest is that you try a > > new kernel; you're 6 major revs back and no kernel developer is going to > > help you. The USB subsystem has had major surgery since this version was > > released. > > > > Regards, > > > > John > > I will second that. My USB works great since moving to FC4 from FC2. I > cannot remember the last time I had to use the power switch to shutdown. > > It sounds like you are getting a USB lock as the kernel is looking for > the USB device. The process is waiting and this is what is causing the > system to seem to lock. I am no expert and this is the way that I see it. > -- > Robin Laing I have solved the problem by downgrading back to an earlier installed kernel. None of the problems occur with this kernelversion: $ uname -r 2.6.9-1.6_FC2 I am going to upgrade to FC5 soon anyway, when I have the time, but it seems that the newer legacy kernel for FC2 is broken. Thanks for the help. Regards, Jeroen