On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 15:29 +1200, Adrian Mageanu wrote: > On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 13:21 +1200, Carl Turney wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I've just today updated my Ubuntu 10.4.2 kernel to 2.6.32-33-generic > > > > Did it to both my desktop and laptop systems. > > > > I then used, and "safely removed", Seagate 1TB USB external expansion > > drives (Model # 9SF2A4-500) from each system. (Two different drives, > > same model.) > > > > Both systems then locked up: No mouse responses at all. Ctrl-Alt-Del > > had no effect. Had to hit Reset on desktop and Power on laptop. > > > > Never had something like this before. Well, with /Linux/ that is :-) > > > > Anyone else out in CLUG-land getting the same symptoms? > > > > If yes: How to best report this bug to the kernel developers? > > > > According to Wikipedia, Greg Kroah-Hartman is the Maintainer for this > > branch of the LINUX Kernel. > > > > Or should I create a Launchpad account and report it here... > > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs > > > > Thanks very much, > > > > Carl "I don't understand the disease, just the symptoms" Turney > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > > Does it still happen after reboot? > > Not on Ubuntu, but on Fedora I had something similar after a kernel > upgrade. > > On Fedora if you upgrade the kernel using their default package > management app you are told to reboot your system in order for changes > to take effect. > > What happened was I did the upgrade with YUM, which has no notifications > to this effect, and continued to work without rebooting the system. At > one point when I tried to change USB sticks the entire system froze > after the umount. > > The reboot - power off/on in this case - cleared the problem and didn't > happen again. > > HTH, > Adrian > That would certainly follow, as Ubuntu have regularly been know to replace kernel modules in situ, rather than creating a new directory and release version...
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