4.9 Boot Hang when USB Devices Attached

[Joe Kelsey]

Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> Joe Kelsey wrote:
>> When I upgraded to fix the OpenSSH problems, the system started 
>> hanging at boot time right after the USB/OHCI messages whenever I had 
>> devices plugged into the USB ports (mainly a USB mouse).  Now, in 
>> order to boot, I have to unplug the mouse and wait for the system to 
>> pass the USB part of boot before replugging.
> There are several threads discussing this ATM. If you have an nforce2 
> board search for the thread with the subject "fix/workaround for usb 
> probe lockups on nForce2 mbs". Andrew Atrens posted a patch that worked 
> for me. In the same thread Ian Dowse has offered a few other ideas to 
> try. I haven't tried them yet.

I have an ASUS A7S333 which does *not* have an nforce2 chipset.

/Joe