[ltp] Alarming boot messages...

Jeffrey Taylor linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:26:10 -0600


Quoting paul marwick <paulm@waitrose.com>:
> I'm currently running Vector Linux 5.9 beta, which uses a 2.6.22.9 kernel. 
> I'm loading thinkpad_acpi using /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.
>
> On a few occasions, during boot, I get a number of messages like this:
>
> hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 3
>
> Going through dmesg on those occasions, I have this:
>
> thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.14
> thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
> thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad EC firmware 1RHT71WW-3.04
> hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 3
> hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 4
> hub 3-0:1.0: over-current change on port 2
> hub 3-0:1.0: over-current change on port 1
> hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 3
> hub 3-0:1.0: over-current change on port 2
> hub 3-0:1.0: over-current change on port 1
>
> The machine is a T40. I've also got Zenwalk 4.8 installed, which uses the 
> same level of kernel, though I've never seen the same message when it 
> boots.
>

I see similar messages on SuSE 10.3 on a T41, though only once and only ports
2,3,4.  They weren't there on SuSE 10.0.

I ain't worrying.
  Jeffrey