Hello, do a manual kernel configuration with `make menuconfig´, then you adjust the kernel configuration to your system. This should work. bye jan > > Zitat von Gwendolyn van der Linden > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > what is the cause of this? just before the kernel panic usb > > > was detected. > > > but what in the process of usb detection causes the system > > > to hang? i have > > > nothing attached on my usb-ports, keyboard & mouse are on PS/2... > > > > What kernel? What hardware? > > i used the gentoo-sources kernel (kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r6) with > "genkernel", > so i did no additional kernel settings, but as in the doc's stated these > "default"-kernel-settings should be save... > > my hardware is a siemens mainboard with a pentium III 866MHz with 256MB of
> > RAM, a 40GB IBM HD, onboard graphics (intel 810), and onboard sound > (AC97), > oboard NIC (intel) that i don't use - i use a realtek PCI-NIC (8139too). > no special hardware at all... > > i tried SuSE linux and Debian on this hardware with no problems... > > > > > > Do you have ACPI or APM enabled? ACPI is known to cause problems on > > some system. > > actually i don't know at the moment what is enabled or not..., > but as i said, suse linux and debian linux worked, i did not change > anything > in the bios settings since then... so the ACPI and/or APM settings are the > > same... > > > > > > Are you using a kernel config that you know should work for your > > machine? > > i did no special kernel settings, just used genkernel with > gentoo-sources... > > but i am wondering, why is usb-storage and hid hardware detected during > booting??? > > > martin. > > > > > Gwendolyn. > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > martin > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- COMPUTERBILD 15/03: Premium-e-mail-Dienste im Test -------------------------------------------------- 1. GMX TopMail - Platz 1 und Testsieger! 2. GMX ProMail - Platz 2 und Preis-Qualitätssieger! 3. Arcor - 4. web.de - 5. T-Online - 6. freenet.de - 7. daybyday - 8. e-Post -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list