On Mon, 30 Jan 2012, Ross Ryles wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I thought only ftdi_sio and the program using it was hanging -- not > > your entire system. �You could copy the debugging files from a separate > > window or even using an ssh connection. > > I'm not running X, just have a few virtual consoles and ssh. Once > it's hung I can't open any new shells, either locally or through ssh, > although I do get prompted for a password on both. I can switch > between the virtual consoles as well. I don't think I can start any > new processes, but at least some of the existing ones continue to run. That's odd. A problem with ftdi_sio should affect only the program that's using the serial port; it shouldn't prevent anything else from running. Likewise, a problem with the USB host controller hardware should affect only programs that are using USB devices. Do you have any idea why the damage is so widespread? Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
