Re: Freezes at shutdown and reboot

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:51:21 -0500
"Lion G." <[email protected]> wrote:

> liontanker wrote:
> >I see several messages on the mailing list
> >describing newer Acer laptops that
> >freezes at shutdown and at reboot.
> 
> Janvier Pang wrote:
> >Please comment out the "ehci" device in your
> >kernel configure file, and then compile and install
> >the new kernel, you'll solve this problem.
> 
> Dear Janvier:  thank you for the answer,
> and it does solve the problem.
> However, does that mean I won't be
> able to connect to USB2 devices at USB2 speed?

Try loading (kldload) ehci as module and unload it before
shutdown/reboot.
Be careful the first time, it might freeze or panic on unload (if you
get a panic please get a dump and post the backtrce).



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