Description of problem: Laptop HP pavilion ze5600 crashes if kudzu is switched on. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RH9 How reproducible: See above Steps to Reproduce: See above 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Crash Expected results: Have hardware detected properly. Additional info:
The entire machine crashes?
Yes. I had to switch off both kudzu and firewire to be able to install RH or the system would hang. PCMCIA makes the system hang when it tries to shut it down, so I switched it off too. So now what I have is a system that boots from HD fine, and is able to communicate to the outside world by means of Lan network and floppy. But it can't manage the DVD/CDROM driver or use other devices such as modem and infrared ports.
OK, this sounds like the kernel is having problems with your hardware.
Yeah, sounds likely. Any suggestions on solving this? Should I refer to someone else?
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem persists. The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/