Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: This bug has always been there AFAIK Distribution: FC5 Hardware Environment: laptop with USB2 and Hauppage WinTV-NOVA-T usb2 DVB device. Software Environment: The following DVB related modules are loaded dvb_usb_nova_t_usb2 dvb_usb_dibusb_common dib3000mc dvb_usb dvb_core dvb_pll Problem Description: Plug in USB with DVB device, Play a stream (using kaffeine) Unplug the USB while stream is playing. -> THe computer hangs and needs a reset. There are no messages, so it is trciky to debug for me. It basically means that a user can scrash the computer. Given the commonplace of USB dvb cards nowadyas, this bug is becoming more relevant. Steps to reproduce:
*** Bug 7094 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
That's a dvb specific issue. and those developers don't seem to use this bugzilla for this kind of thing. Care to contact them at linux-dvb@linuxtv.org to let them know this issue? There's not much I can do here, sorry.