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Downgrade the 10.2.5 USB drivers to end kernel panics
Authored by: Ganymede on May 03, '03 11:22:08AM

I concur whoe-heartedly with el bin. I am steeped in the middle of a very intensive project, with dozens of customers throught my state dependent on me responding in a timely fashion; I cannot afford any downtime on my system at home (from which I work). How foolish of me to upgrade then, just because the upgrade came out...
Kernal panics started in on my 733 G4 with Belkin USB 4-port hub (Blue) immediately, non-stop, VERY consistently. Removed the hub, and all problems disappeared. Once bitten, I was twice shy to make any other changes...
(Note: there are two models of Belkin hubs, and I see that my "Blue" has been discontinued. Nonetheless, I believe the problem is in the driver - so many other USB device configurations reported problems; they're only failing on Macs? nahh..)
Finally "downgraded" the IOUSB family driver. Even then I didn't re-install the hub... until an hour ago. System is up, hub is online, with printer connected and working. No problems so far...
So now, it's back to work!

ps macosxhints is the most helpful & informative forum I have seen - by far the best! Thanks :)



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