Description of problem: when attempting to mount a 1 GB thumbdrive, FC4 slows down and components start to fail. Reboot is required to return to normal operating conditions. I have tried to mount the drive in several different ways, each with the same result. The usb thumb drive is a PNY Technologies Attache model, 1 GB. I also have a 160 GB external USB hard drive (Maxtor OneTouch) that seems to work fine most of the time (but not all the time). Lastly, I have a USB zip drive, but haven't as yet attempted to use it with FC4. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel versions are 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 and 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 other components that seem to be affected: Desktop applets. How reproducible: Problems with the USB drive are very reproducible. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot system, login as user or root 2. insert drive into USB port 3. watch the sparks fly Actual results: System becomes sluggish and drive is unreadable. Any attempt to read via GUI leads to the presence of a dead window on the desktop (ie "thinking" and not closable). *Sometimes* the disk is accessible through /media/usbdisk, but not always. Expected results: drive will mount, desktop icon will appear and the disk will be browsable. Additional info: See attached /var/log/messages
Created attachment 119423 [details] /var/log/messages relavent to an occurance of the problem
Mass update to all FC4 bugs: An update has been released (2.6.13-1.1526_FC4) which rebases to a new upstream kernel (2.6.13.2). As there were ~3500 changes upstream between this and the previous kernel, it's possible your bug has been fixed already. Please retest with this update, and update this bug if necessary. Thanks.
2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 has been released as an update for FC4. Please retest with this update, as a large amount of code has been changed in this release, which may have fixed your problem. Thank you.
This is a mass-update to all currently open kernel bugs. A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO_REPORTER state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. Thank you.
Closing per previous comment.