harmless(?) hotplug errors on boot

[Bill Stoye]

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 15:27 +0000, easy_target wrote:
> I have the same errors and I saw the resolution for them posted in this
> thread, but I'm such a n00b  that I don't even know what these services
> are!
> 
> Can someone please explain that? And what does that resolution do? Does
> it remove them from the start entries? 

easy_target:
I'm one step removed from "n00b" myself, and have been wanting to put a
stop to the 'Fail' messages on boot, 'Fail' messages are scary to a
retired aircraft mechanic!

When someone refers to a file(in this case: "/etc/hotplug/blacklist"), I
usually take a look at the file by opening it as a regular "user" with
'gedit'(Found in menu: Applications -> Accesories -> 'Text Editor') and
see what is in the file and try to understand what I need to do. If it's
something I can deal with, then I'll go ahead and open the file as
'Supper User', as follows:
$ "sudo gedit /etc/hotplug/blacklist"(everything between quotes)
Password:***** (enter your user password)

Gedit will open, you'll see the file and can make changes to it:
Any of the lines with a # sign in the beginning of it are "uncommented
out", that is they are not recognized by the program looking at this
file and are only informational. So we should be able to add the two
module names("shpchp" and "pciehp") to the list; highlighting the email
instructions or commands and pasting them into the editor works well for
me because it puts a stop to my dyslexia(prevents transposing errors).
After, remembering to 'save' the changes, close the editor and reboot.

Worked well for me. Hope I wasn't too wordy or assuming and works for
you.

Can't explain 'hotplug' other than it looks at our USB devices etc.,
mounts them for use and was the reason we got the messages, we don't
have the devices and don't need the modules.

Bill






> What's hotplug anyway?
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> Cheers!
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> easy_target
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