On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 02:11:40PM +0200, Philipp Wolfer wrote: > I#ve recently upgraded my Debian box from stable to unstable. Since then > I've two problems connecting my Zaurus: > > 1. The hotplug script did not bring up the usb0 interface anymore. I > looked at the /etc/hotplug/net.agent script and found the following line: > > exec /sbin/ifup $INTERFACE$LIFACE > > $LIFACE is set to "=hotplug", that means the script tries to execute the > command ifup usb0=hotplug. What is that good for? I've not found > anything in the manpages for ifup or interfaces whcih would allow such a > command. > However, it works if you remove the $LIFACE variable.
/usr/share/doc/hotplug/README.Debian > 2. If I insert the Z and the usb0 interface is set up everything works > fine. But *before* I remove the Z from the cradle I have to run ifdown > usb0, otherwise I'll get a nice kernel panic the next time I insert the Z. > I only have this problem when using a 2.4.22 kernel with usbnet, my old > kernel 2.4.20 with the usbdnet patch still works fine. > Has anybody experienced this behavior? Perhaps I should try the 2.4.21 > kernel, too. Or file a bug. That's always happened to me as well with usbnet, though apart from that the driver works much better than usbdnet. I didn't actually get kernel panics (not that I could see); my system just froze up hard. I was always in X at the time, and couldn't switch to the console to check for panic output. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
