On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:05:09 GMT, news <rollingviolation@domain.invalid.com> wrote:

>syslog has nothing, and messages has:
>
>Oct 25 01:48:27 athlin1 -- MARK --
>^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ @^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
>^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ @^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
>^@^@^@^@Oct 25 07:37:00 athlin1 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.


Which kernel? recent 2.6 series have usbmon, USB debug stuff you
may turn on to get an idea what's happening.

Running USB IDE drives is iffy with some USB<=>IDE bridges (chip in
the USB enclosure).

More info?

Grant.