On Apr 6, 2005 2:19 AM, Dean Michael C. Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Okay, narrowed it down further...
I was able to restore the system to its previous state by restarting the hotplug system ('/etc/init.d/hotplug restart' was the magic incantation). I'll drill this down further, as this could be related to the fact that I'm using a USB 2.0 PCI card on a relatively ancient motherboard[1]
[1] FWIW the mobo does have support for onboard USB, but I don't have the cables nor do I know if it's USB 1.1 or 2.0.
JM Ibanez wrote:
> Unfortunately, after investigating the problem further, I find that my
> whole box is slow-- all apps happen to be way slower than before
> plugging in the thumb drive. I suspect it's some weird interaction
> between my USB controller and my PCI-based video card (S3 Savage4),
> although I might be wrong.
>
I was about to say the same thing, and that your guess is as good as
mine. I think the PCI bandwidth contention is a major issue especially
in pre-AGP video card days. And to think that you might have a box that
has an IDE controller that's also competing with the PCI bandwidth
usage, then you have yourself setup for a box that will kneel on every
operation.
Okay, narrowed it down further...
I was able to restore the system to its previous state by restarting the hotplug system ('/etc/init.d/hotplug restart' was the magic incantation). I'll drill this down further, as this could be related to the fact that I'm using a USB 2.0 PCI card on a relatively ancient motherboard[1]
[1] FWIW the mobo does have support for onboard USB, but I don't have the cables nor do I know if it's USB 1.1 or 2.0.
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