Suddenly very slow to start

David Bowskill davidbow at tpg.com.au
Wed Oct 6 05:48:46 BST 2010


Many thanks to the two David's who replied to me.
The command 'lsusb" I was not aware of, and with the '-v' switch,
provides a mass of data (not sure what it all means) about the USB
connected devices.
This is the great thing about the Linux (especially Ubuntu) Community -
the great sense of camerade and willing help that is shared around.
I belong to a 'Mens Shed' and we have a computer club which at present
is based on the 'dark' side. My aim is to convert as many as possible to
the 'light' (Linux).
To this end I am very much interested in what Paul Whipp is suggesting
to promote Ubuntu - more strength to his elbow !
Many thanks again
David Bowskill

On 06/10/10 15:03, David Whyte wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:44 PM, David Bowskill <davidbow at tpg.com.au> wrote:
>   
>> Thanks for reply Dave.
>> There are no devices plugged into any  USB port (apart from the mouse)
>> although the effect did seem to first arise when I was using a USB stick
>> some while ago.
>> I have run 'lsusb' in a terminal and the results are as below:
>>
>> david at DJB-P4:~$ lsusb
>> Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0461:4d01 Primax Electronics, Ltd Comfort Keyboard
>> Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass
>> Storage Device
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> david at DJB-P4:~$
>>
>>     
> Hi,
>
> Just thought as another David, I could add to this thread :)
>
> It looks like the line...
>
>   
>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass
>> Storage Device
>>     
> ...is an internal media card reader.  Do you have a card in the
> internal reader when you boot?  If so, try removing that before boot
> up.
>
> There are ways to boot in safe mode or recovery mode or something too,
> which shows all the startup messages scrolling up the screen.  If you
> get there, you may see some errors about what the problem is.
>
> Cheers,
> Whytey
>
>
>
>   



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