On 15 August 2011 18:47, Andrew Z <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Saga continues.. Now the intervals between lockups increased from 15 minutes
> to hours/days.
> Last night i tried to rmmod usb* modules and to my amusement i could not.
> rmmod -f caused nothing, but hanging of the session with no info in logs...
> "Wonderful" i can't even remove the dam module....

Hint. Rather than attempt to use a "big hammer", rmmod, try a more
"gentle" method, modprobe -r module_name.

Alan.