Joe Smith wrote: > I plugged my USB memory stick in the other night, and instantly froze my > FC5 system. I mean bang--dead. > > The reboot went fine, journals all recovered fine (Nice!), but the > system no longer responds to any device plugged in. No kernel messages > at all. The stick still works in other computers, and the ports still > don't work if I reboot into that other OS, so it sure looks like my USB > ports are gone. > > All the kernel messages on bootup look ok, same as usual, no errors. > > Anyone else have this happen? No, but where do you live? You don't happen to live in an cold, arid area where you walk around with a set of keys and use them to touch door knobs during the winter months to keep from getting shocked all the time? > Anything else I might try? Run lspci and see if the "USB Controller" is listed. > Anything I should look for when buying an add-on card? > > <Joe > -- "My daddy shoots people!" --Ralph Wiggum Last Tap Dance in Springfield (Episode BABF15)
