Distribution: Debian unstable 
Hardware Environment: Sony vaio picturebook PCG-C1VE 
Software Environment: Current versions of binutils,gcc and others from debian 
unstable 
 
Problem Description: Last line i can see is : 
Starting hotplug subsystem: usb 
on boot. Than system just hangs. No response over network, no response  
from keyboard.  
 
This is the moment when system is inserting usb module 
adding -v in /etc/init.d/hotplug and /etc/hotplug/usb*.rc on interpreter 
line didn't gave me too much detail. at least no information about module that 
beeing loaded at that time. 
 
Steps to reproduce: 
Just boot with this kernel. 
 
 
It was working fine with kenel 2.6.0-test4-bk1 
It is also funny, but even after removing usb - kernel boots fine - and it is 
much faster than previuos one i used - test4-bk1.. Maybe usb makes the 
difference ? maybe alsa (i am not using sound now, so module is unused). But 
this is more offtopic.