[svlug] the continuing saga of the supercheap eMachines box;-)

[Tim Utschig]

On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 12:35:21PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> /dev/sda5 on /var type ext3 (rw)
> Cleaning /tmp /var/run /var/lock.
> Detecting hardware: e1000 ipr usb_ohci ehci_hcd            <=== HERE
> Skipping already loaded module e1000.
> Skipping already loaded module ipr.
> Skipping already loaded module ohci_hcd.
> Skipping already loaded module ehci_hcd.

I remember one instance of a laptop hanging on boot while loading the
[ou]hci_hcd and ehci_hcd modules in a certain order which happened to be
the default on Fedora Core 4.  Reversing the order would allow the
machine to boot successfully.

I'm not aware of any way to change the order in which modules are loaded
by 'discover' (which does the "Detecting hardware..."), but you could
try putting:

  skip uhci_hcd
  skip ohci_hcd
  skip ehci_hcd

in /etc/discover.conf-2.6, and adding the two modules which are right
for your hardware to /etc/modules in a certain order, e.g:

  ehci_hcd
  ohci_hcd

or: 

  ohci_hcd
  ehci_hcd

(I don't recall which order worked).

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   - Tim Utschig <tim at tetro.net>