Vittorio wrote:
I recently moved to kernel 2.6.9 compiling a new system from scratch
every in my all my gentoo linux  notebook.

There were some recent buf fixes by the wonderful folks working hard on the Linux kernel; the affected areas included up to kernel version 2.6.9-rc2, so try the 2.6.10 kernel.

Now I'm sure I enabled the usb stuff in the kernel

Please provide the output of:

cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep "^CONFIG_USB"

and compiled and installed hotplug according to the instructions in the handbook.

Use coldplug. It's in portage. :)

The weird fact is that, even though the usbfs filesystem is mounted according
to tle log file,

Maybe show us the relevant parts of the log?

when I insert a usb device nothing seems to happen and no
sign of a new usb device is detected in messages.log. The
directory /proc/bus/usb is completely empty.

Besides, while hotplug under the 2.4 kernel was quite talkative, now if I
issue "/etc/init.d/hotplug restart" it stops and starts without saying
anything but only OKs. At the same time "/etc/init.d/hotplug status" gives
"started".

WShat's going on and what should I do?

Your first step, I think, would be to upgrade your kernel to 2.6.10. Then repeat the steps and/or provide us with the output I mentioned above. Good luck.

_k



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