usb 5.1

[The MiP RvL]

>On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:55 pm, The MiP RvL wrote:
>> I'm using 5.1 on a toshiba portege 3020CT laptop.
>> Because of boot problems I've disabled acpi.
>
>> Whenever I boot with a usb device attached,
>> dmesgs gives a output that the port 1 is disabled.
>> If I remove the usb device the system hangs and the only thing I can do is
>> switch consoles.

>I had the exact same problem, tried everything, in the end, upgrading the  
>motherboard bios fixed it (It was however an intel motherboard). Have you 
>tried playing with your bios settings?

I did perform a bios upgrade and a turned the usb emulation on and off. It works with both settings in windows 98 and linux 2.4.18.

Regards,

Roland