hotplug failure

[Ben Miller]

Daniel Saunders wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:14:45 -0600, Ben Miller <wheelscribe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Here's my new problem: I rebooted my computer and now Ubuntu reports a
>>hotplug failure. It won't recognize my mouse so XServer won't load, not
>>does it resolve network connections. Any clues?
> 
> 
> Are you tracking Debian's unstable archive in you
> /etc/apt/sources.list and recently performed an upgrade/dist-upgrade? 
> A friend of mine is running MEPIS and did this yesterday which blew
> out his hotplug.  (He fixed the problem by reinstalling his OS, not
> the most elegant solution but it got his machine back up and working.)

No, I merely rebooted after installing a different OS on another 
partition, using a boot (grub) floppy that I had already tested. It's a 
completely mystery. Reinstalling may be the only option.


== Ben