Ezequiel, I believe I can help a bit here. My understanding is that Marv wants for you to disconnect usb devices connected to your machine. That appears to be what detach means, not blacklist drivers or unload usb kernel modules? A friend of mine had a machine which would not boot, he had too many usb devices connected, the ones with the machine and the ones with a hub. He had to disconnect many devices including the hub to make the machine start. In your case, disconnect usb devices like ie, printers, usb thumbdrives, etc. and see if that helps get you connected. Best Regards, Antonio On 1/23/10, Ezekiel Krahlin <ezekielk@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quoting Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> so a first option to try is detaching all these USB devices, which may >> be given higher priority for resources than modem functionality. > > Sounds promising...though I don't know how to go about and detach > *any* devices, let alone the USB one! I know something about the > blacklist, which I used for a while, to turn off the internal atheros > wifi on a netbook which I have since sold. Otherwise, w/o a little > more detailed instruction, I'll have to look around the admin services > from the menu, and see if there is any way provided to shut down those > particular USB devices. > >> All just before starting a wvdial out, from another console watch >> kernel messages with: >> $ sudo tail /var/log/messages & > > That I understand, including the "&" switch (error checking). > > Thanks again, Marvin. Until you get back to me, I think I'll simply > try the script suggested by Antonio, keep my fingers crossed. > > > > -- > Ezekiel J. Krahlin > A government is only as good as its operating system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >
