commenting out the last line of devfsd.conf that dealt with pam resolved the problem. It might actually be a pam issue.
--- Michael Reinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > On Don, 17 Jan 2002 20:10:37 Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > > > Please, remove everything from /lib/dev-state (but > not the directory > > itself) and reboot. Does it help? > > Yes, thanks, this helped. But next time I boot with > something in there > might cause the lock again? > > > Alt-SysRq-tusb > > and then in /var/log/messages > > Sorry, doesn't work - syslog wasn't started yet... > > BTW: the only change between the devfsd.conf you > attached and the one from > -2mdk is the removal of some lines dealing with > removable media > (programmatically) ejected. > > -- > Michael Reinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://mr.uue.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com