When I try to start hotplut with /etc/init.d/hotplug start, the system hangs. I also hangs when running it at boot with rc-update. It seem to crash on PCI hotplugging, since it's the last thing it writes to the screen. The strange thing is that my display goes in standby, than comes back when doing this. I have a Radeon 7200, could it be the problem ? If I run hotplug from a X term, then X switches to a unknowed mode (for my display) then crashes... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. /etc/init.d/hotplug start 2. 3. Actual Results: System hangs Expected Results: System should work Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.4.26-gentoo-r9) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.26-gentoo-r9 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.gentoo.mesh-solutions.com/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.nutsmaas.nl/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd f77 faad flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl opie oss pam pda pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline scanner sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
Then I suggest that you don't enable hotplug from your init scripts. Just disable it, and any modules that you need loaded at boot time, add to the modules.autoload file. Or you can try to determine the module that is getting loaded that is breaking your box, and remove that one from your kernel.
