Description of problem: Fedora core 3 (and other linuxes) freezes on plugging in the usb camera (or other usb stuff) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Very. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Activate the usb legacy in the bios setup. (before starting linux) 2. plug in some kind of usb device 3. Actual results: And linux freezes ... Expected results: The usb camera shoud be mounted. Additional info: I don't know what usb legacy is. I didn't even knew it existed. I now know the usb legacy should be off by default.
Assigning to kernel.
Actually, contemporary Fedora attempts to switch the legacy off through the "handover" mechanism. But naturally, a BIOS dumb enough to freeze often fails to implement handover properly as well.