Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:03:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > > >> I also agree that it could be a hardware failure but not real likely. I >> got plenty of cooling here and I'm plugged into a surge protector and a >> UPS as well. While it is still possible, it is unlikely. It is funny >> that my printer is also dead in the water. >> > > Isn't the printer US too? It sounds like a dead USB controller. Try > booting from a live CD and seeing if USB works. > > >
I'll have to check and see what bootable CDs I have around here. Some are pretty old and I have never tried to use USB on them before. I do see a 2006 Gentoo CD. Would that have USB drivers on it? Based on other issues I have ran into here, things not compiling and errors during compiling, I'm really wondering about gcc. Gcc 4.3 will not compile a working kernel at all. The first compiled fine but wouldn't boot. The next booted but things wouldn't work that I know has the right drivers installed. Now, I can't even get a kernel to compile. I been trying to upgrade to 2.6.29 but always have to go back to my trusty old 2.6.23. I have switched back to gcc 4.2 and am recompiling packages with it, up to ivman anyway. This is getting weird. My emerge -ev ivman is about through so I will reboot and try that then a CD boot. Also, how does one "restart" udev? Does going to "rc single" then back to "rc default" restart udev? Surely a person doesn't have to reboot to do this. This is Linux. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
