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Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« on: 17 September 2005, 18:46 »
it was installed, it worked fine, then everynow and again it will freeze @ "checking for new hardware" it will do this off and on but its annoying as hell. the only thing i can think of is it doesnt like my logitec wireless keyboard and mouse, but it worked fine after the initial install. i did a quick search and did not find any real answers. i dont know what the fuckmicrosoft.com is going on....any thoughts people?
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #1 on: 17 September 2005, 19:07 »
Try disabling the hotplug (I think it's hotplug that's going on there) startup script and see if you really need it?
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #2 on: 17 September 2005, 19:10 »
where would i do that exactly,(thanks for the reply)
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #3 on: 17 September 2005, 19:21 »
There might be somewhere in the hardware/startup(?) section of the Mandriva Control Centre (mcc).
If not, then this command might work:
chmod -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/hotplug
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #4 on: 17 September 2005, 19:25 »
What do you mean by freeze?
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #5 on: 18 September 2005, 00:18 »
it will sit there when looking at the boot up procedure in verbose it will go thru the usual routine and then hit checking for new hardware.............and just sit there.
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #6 on: 18 September 2005, 05:06 »
[devil's advocate]It's funny how Linux can do this and escape criticism but when a Microsoft OS exhibits similar behaviour this it gets flamed. :rolleyes: [/devil's advocate]
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #7 on: 18 September 2005, 05:42 »
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it will sit there when looking at the boot up procedure in verbose it will go thru the usual routine and then hit checking for new hardware.............and just sit there.

How long have you waited for it?  On some systems, Hotplug can take a full minute to run.
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #8 on: 18 September 2005, 06:17 »
ive left the room for a few minutes and come back.
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #9 on: 18 September 2005, 06:19 »
Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
[devil's advocate]It's funny how Linux can do this and escape criticism but when a Microsoft OS exhibits similar behaviour this it gets flamed. :rolleyes: [/devil's advocate]


well when one looks at windows releases like windows millenium and realizes taht crashes and freezes are common place its much more easier to bitch about it. things like this arent too common for linux. just my opinion.
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #10 on: 18 September 2005, 14:49 »
Did you try disabling hotplug?
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #11 on: 18 September 2005, 16:35 »
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well when one looks at windows releases like windows millenium and realizes taht crashes and freezes are common place its much more easier to bitch about it. things like this arent too common for linux. just my opinion.

True but Windows XP and 2000 aren't that bad.

As piratePenguin said have you tried disabling hotplug? Pressing ctrl-break as soon as the "checking for new hardware" message appears might also help.
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #12 on: 18 September 2005, 22:48 »
havent had time, ive been doing work on my car. ill try it tonight.
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #13 on: 19 September 2005, 05:01 »
Does Mandrake use Kudzu?  It sounds to me like that's the problem, not hotplug.  I never had a problem with kudzu, so I never bother to disable it on my Redhat boxes, but I never fully trusted it.
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Re: Need a quick assist in mandrake 10.1
« Reply #14 on: 19 September 2005, 14:40 »
service kudzu off