The install went fine, but once the computer re-booted It stopped on "coldplug scanning input: scanning usb_" was it's last line. Now it just sits there and does not boot.

I have re-installed two times already, and still the same problem. I have also restored BISO defaults.

If you need more infomation, please let me know.


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Hi
Hi...obvious question, but have you got a USB something plugged into the machine? If so, it might be worth taking it out to see what happens. Then check the old messages.

If that does not work, boot up using the rescue CD(The SUSE 9.1 DVD or first CD) and turn off hotplugging. This is fairly drastic, but it would get you in.

I booted up with the rescue CD, and I'm now at a "Rescue:~#" line.

What do I need to type to turn off hotplugging?

And once i'm in linux, will I ever have usb support?


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There are a few posts on this site which cover exactly this topic - so read those first. Type SUSE and USB.
Here's an especially good link:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...t=suse+usb+9.1

If that does not help and all else fails, when you are at the recovery prompt, do as follows:

1. mkdir /mnt/hardisk

Then type: mount -auto /dev/hda2 /mnt/hardisk/ (replace hda2 with whatever your root partition is)
2. Then type: cd /mnt/hardisk/etc/init.d/rc3.d
3. Then type rm *hotplug*
4. Then reboot
Remember to check the old boot.msg's to see what happened.

As for having usb working afterwards - you will have to configure each device. SuSE may detect these in KDE though.

BTW - one you have got back in and sorted out the problems, you can turn hotplugging back on by typing - chkconfig hotplug on

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l've looked at the other post you gave me a link for, but none of that appiles to my problem. I have no usb device plugged in this computer, and it's only usb 1.1.

I have also tried your *hotplug* fix, and that does not work for me.

All I get now is...

enabling hotplug
coldplug scanning input:
scanning pci: ***.

and it stops there, it does not even get to usb. But I thought I disalbed hotplug or somthing?

Any idea's?, or i'm I doing somthing wroug?

Sorry, do the same again, but this time:

also remove *coldplug* from rc3.d

I also notice they are in the rc1.d, rc2.d, rc5 directories. Remove both *hotplug* and *coldplug*
from all. That should get you in at least....

i just removed *hotplug* and *coldplug* from rc1.d, rc2.d, rc3.d and rc5.d

now it just still sits at the same place as befor. Nothing has changed.

I tried to remove them once more to be sure there gone, but they were not there to remove.

Will more files be some where else?

Right...I'm sorry, but I must have missed something. However, I have a solution which will certainly work....I just don't know why I did not think of it before. Apologies.

When you get to the main bootup screen (where it says booting in 10 seconds etc), press a key to stop the boot(tab perhaps).

Then type the following in the boot options box: NOHOTPLUG=1 NOCOLDPLUG=1. Press return, and it will boot....provided nothing else causes a problem.

Once you are in, you can start sorting things out. Maybe type "chkconfig hotplug on" and "chkconfig coldplug on" to first fix up the deletions I made you do earlier!

(Maybe as a start you could turn cold and hot plugging on again by typing rchotplug start and rccoldplug start. then check the messages - it should give you a very good idea of whats going on)

Good luck, and apologies again for leading you up a dead end earlier.

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well it seems to work now, i'm in suse 9.1, just need to play around now!

thanks for all your help

one more question....

When setting a root password in the setup, i see there is an expert options area, with 3 diff types of encryption. Which of the 3 is better or harder to hack/crack?

DES, MDS, Blowfish


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Excellent news.

Not sure about the password encryption - I've never used it.
(Passwords are encrypted by default - I think those settings are just extra hardcore - read about them once, but forgotten everything I'm afraid). Somebody on LQ will know.

From everything I've read blowfish seems to be quite secure though I have not read much on the other two. I personly prefer blowfish simply because it allows long passwords, my root password is in excess of 20 characters and neather of the other two encryptions seem to like my password to be that long. so if you like to use long passwords with multiple character types I'd recommend blowfish otherwise I'd recommend doing a google on the other two and seeing what their strengths and weaknesses are.