Excerpts from Victor Silva's message of 2011-02-22 14:52:34 +0100:
Hi folks i'm not 100% sure I'm posting on the right list so if im wrong please disregard and direct me to the appropriate list. :) Well I'm having a problem with USB devices causing kernel panic. I got an external 1 TB USB hard disk in NTFS format. When I tried to save some files (downloads from deluge) on it I get a kernel panic. Which files/logs can I provide to help you? The system simply hangs and all keyboard leads start to blink. I'm using Linux 2.6.37-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 18 18:32:16 CET 2011 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux. It is the default arch linux kernel. If I write a small file and move to the folder things seem to be okay. Any ideas?
Thanks for the great distro folks hope you can help me on this one.
Hi, I don't know the answer but I too have problems recently (weeks? months?). I have two HDs connected via a USB hub which I only power up and connect when I need them. One of those is also NTFS formatted. I'm also on x86_64. Sometimes when I connect or power on those drives I get a kernel oops, the first ones I had in a long time. I did somehow suspect usb drivers but it might also be ntfs-3g. However, if it works, it works. I copied a couple of GB around yesterday without issues, once I managed to power up, connect and had the drive show up without kernel panic. Sadly I have no idea how to track the error down. I would like try to re-format the disk but I need to get another one first.