-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 11:21:27AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > On Fri, 2016-04-01 at 10:25 +0100, Robin Oberg wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm new to Linux and Debian 8.3, but thought I'd help out by sharing > > this bug that I've found. My system crashes randomly when my iPhone > > is > > charging via USB, and every time that it happens I am forced to > > hard-reboot the laptop by holding down the power button. I don't know > > where in the system this bug could be located, what package it might > > be. > ... > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Intermittent failures like that sound more like hardware problems. I > seem to recall reading that charging devices like that demands more > power than the computer can supply.
Yeah -- it may well be flaky hardware: the USB is specified to survive that (and shut off the offending device), but who knows. Try interposing a powered USB hub between your computer and the phone. regards - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlb+RaEACgkQBcgs9XrR2kampACfQiBdsZFuTvLu7XqhchdgbnlJ fsUAnRlun1WM3szNbdiu6T0AATQSRGCE =6Pmf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----