Bug Report

[Lloyd Hayes]

> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 22:09:24 -0400
> From: Robert Locke <lists at ralii.com>
> Subject: Re: Bug Report
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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> 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


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