COMPUTER HP COMPAQ D248MT
D248MT-PRC
HP s/n CNG5340DZD
p/n DU767AV


motherboard 21811573238533 VER D02
network card integrated to the motherboard JFM25U13-11U5W56RKA
SOFTWARE VERSION : REDHAT 7.3

[root@localhost root]# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
soundcore 6692 0 (autoclean)
autofs 12164 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ipchains 43560 7
ide-cd 30272 0 (autoclean)
cdrom 32192 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
ehci-hcd 19552 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 24484 0 (unused)
usbcore 73152 1 [ehci-hcd-usb-uhci]
ext3 67136 5
jbd 49400 5 [ext3]


uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.18-3 #1 Thu Apr 18 07:37:53 EDT 2002 i686 unknown

Hi,

welcome to LQ!

You *are* aware of the fact that the distro you're using
and the kernel in use are over 8 years old? I'm actually
impressed that it's still going. Your version has been
unsupported since January 2004, and the kernel you're
using is several versions behind the latest updates.

How does the crash manifest itself? Is it something that only
happens while you're in some GUI or does it also occur when
you're on e.g. runlevel 2?


Cheers,
Tink

/etc/inittab shows:

#
# inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up
# the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@drinkel.nl.mugnet.org>
# Modified for RHS Linux by Marc Ewing and Donnie Barnes
#

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:

# System initialization.
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6

# Things to run in every runlevel.
ud:nce:/sbin/update

# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few minutes
# of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now.
# This does, of course, assume you have powerd installed and your
# UPS connected and working correctly.
pf:owerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting Down"

# If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it.
pr:12345owerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power Restored; Shutdown Cancelled"


# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

# Run xdm in runlevel 5
# xdm is now a separate service
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

When I connect the usb flash to the computer, I cannot use the mouse and the keyboard until I remove the flash disk and restart the computer

Is this true for any USB port on that machine, how many do
you have? It might be faulty hardware. You also haven't
answered my question whether this happens in full-screen
console sessions as well as in X.

The computer has 2 usb ports in front and 6 usb ports in rear.
The problem happens on any port between the 8 usb ports.
The problem happens in X session

How to test in full screen console session?

become root, issue 'telinit 2'.


Cheers,
Tink