[Tfug] USB hang

[erich]

That's right,
            You said something very interesting: A chipset that mediates
functionality of USB is also associated with SATA. The keyboard
works and a PS/2 mouse works.

            Here's something that I never mentioned before: If  I start
the box with a USB mouse plugged in, Knoppix will hang at the point
where it's detecting the on-board USB system.

             Oh, well, more on this tomorrow. I'm going to take some,
(legal), drugs for now.

                                                               Erich

           

Adrian wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 August 2012 20:00, Zack Breckenridge wrote:
>   
>> But if the Southbridge (including PCI) died, wouldn't the CD drive not
>> be working either? Or could some sort of partial functionality still
>> allow this to work? Also, he can type "ifconfig eth0" in the terminal
>> in Knoppix -- so his keyboard is working, and probably his mouse
>> too...
>>
>> And the fact that pointed me to a potentially older Kernel version (in
>> Knoppix) was that "the LAN works fine" (and maybe you meant your
>> entire LAN/router wasn't fried by lightning?) but the network
>> interface was not available in Knoppix specifically -- meaning that
>> when booted from the Live CD, no driver was available to attach to the
>> network card. This could also just be the way Knoppix configures their
>> "generic" kernel - maybe your network driver got left out?
>>
>>     
>
>
> I took "LAN works fine" to mean his switch/router/etc. was up, but the eth0 
> would not init on that particular machine. The southbridge contains multiple 
> components and multiple busses. It could be that the SATA port (say #1 & 2) 
> connected to the hard drive is directly connected the chipset, while the SATA 
> connected to the CDROM (#3 & 4) is off a different embedded controller, or a 
> completely different PCI bus off the chipset. The keyboard/mouse could be 
> PS/2 or one USB host, while the USB ports on the back panel a completely 
> different host. Not quite enough information
>
>
> Adrian
>
>
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