| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
wilburpan
l33t
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 977
|
 Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject: Weird messages from hotplug scripts at boot |
 |
|
I have an anal question about the output that I am seeing when my laptop boots up. I have a Dell Inspiron 5000e, with a USB mouse hooked up via a 4 port USB hub.
When my computer boots and the boot sequence gets to the part where the scripts are run (after the dmesg output section), I see a number of messages that read
| Code: | Starting USB and PCI hotplugging.....
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.0
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.1
/etc/hotplug/pci.agent: line 167: [: =: unary operator expected |
The pcilib and /etc/hotplug lines repeat themselves a couple dozen times or so, then the bootup sequence finishes. I do get an "ok" after the repeated lines.
My computer runs fine. I just would like to know what these messages are, and if there is anything I can do to make them go away.
Last edited by wilburpan on Mon May 05, 2003 7:57 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Braempje
l33t
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Posts: 748
|
| Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 4:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
As far as I know hotplug pci enables you to remove pci cards from a working computer. I don't know how great your laptop is, but it probably won't support that  So recompile your kernel without this option and those error messages should be gone. (Btw I think pci hotplug is an experimental kernel feature...) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
wilburpan
l33t
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 977
|
| Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 5:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The reason I have the hotplug script installed is so that my USB mouse can work. For grins, I tried taking out the hotplug script and rebooting to see what would happen. My USB mouse no longer worked, and I was getting errors with sound from within KDE. The boot messages did go away, though. I put the hotplug script back in the default level, since I do want to use my mouse with my laptop, and I also want to listen to music. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
wilburpan
l33t
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 977
|
| Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 11:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I've partially solved my problem, thanks to another thread. There is a bug in /etc/hotplug.functions which can be easily fixed with this patch:
| Code: | --- hotplug.functions.orig 2003-05-12 23:23:51.000000000 +0000
+++ hotplug.functions 2003-05-12 23:22:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
LOADED=true
fi
- if [ $LOADED = false ]; then
+ if [ "$LOADED" = false ]; then
mesg "missing kernel or user mode driver $MODULE "
fi
done
|
This got rid of the unary operator expected message, but I still have this output at boot time:
| Code: | Starting USB and PCI hotplugging.....
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.0
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.1
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.0
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.1
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.0
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.1
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.0
pcilib:cannot open /proc/bus/pci/02/00.1 |
My computer still runs fine. I just would like to know what these messages are, and if there is anything I can do to make them go away. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Kernel & Hardware
