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hello
Im new to linux but decided to give it a go and brought Suse,everything seemed to install ok then it started to reboot and it gets as far as "Starting hotplugging services (ieee1394 net pci usb" and then comes to a complete stop??
Which version of SuSE is this? [won't help me, but may help others]
Is there a close bracket on the end of "Starting hotplugging services (ieee1394 net pci usb"? If not then somethings up with Linux and your USB hardware.
Was there an option in the install to turn USB off, or configure it?
If you bought SuSE, you may be eligible for their support.
can you paste the resuts of lsmod and dmesg? If you don't know what that means, just open a shell window and type:
lsmod
Copy the results and paste them, and do the same with dmesg:
dmesg
I had the same problem when I first booted SuSE 9 on my desktop. Wasn't sure what it was but when I turned off acpi during boot, it worked fine.
To do that, when you get to the GRUB boot prompt (where you choose to load linux when you turn on your machine), type the following in the little box at the bottom:
I don't understand your first questions:
>Can I tell what I have switched off as my USB sockets work ?
To add acpi=off to the boot options without having to type it in,
add 'acpi=off' to the end of your 'kernel' statement in grub.conf [/boot/grub/menu.lst]
or if you use lilo add 'append acpi=off' to the section for your kernel in lilo.conf [/etc/lilo.conf] and run 'lilo'
[Written in haste and on the hoof, no charge for spelling mistakes.]
My first question was really trying to understand what was in error and what I was turning 'OFF'.
I assumes (propably wrongly) that the error message 'ieee1394 net pci usb' related to USB support and that was what I was turning off. However USB Ports seem unaffected.
ACPI is the interface to all your motherboards power managment features. This may range from slowing the processor down to reduce power consumption, to the button on the front to turn the computer off, or shutdown, or suspend to disk.
What you are turning off is the linux kernel's support for acpi, seeing as most motherboard manufacturers appear to have taken the standard as a guideline, as opposed to a standard, it isn't guaranteed to work under linux. [Or at least that's what I've found.]
ACPI can tell the usb chip on your motherboard to shut itself off, to save power, or when your computer is in standby.
Your hotplug error is probably a result of ACPI getting in the way of the usb hotplug code, or even PCI, net or firewire!
Simple solution, turn of ACPI [as you have found.]
Try upgrading to a more recent kernel [unless you are already using 2.6], 2.6 probably has better support for ACPI, and may solve your problem.
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