On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Dave North wrote:

> On Aug 25, 2005, at 7:58 AM, Alan Stern wrote:
> > Forget about it.
> 
> That may be what I have to say in the end.
>       After recovering from kicking myself and calming down, it finally 
> dawned on me that this entire fiasco is probably the result of a 
> defective plug or wire.
>       So I stopped by a store on my way back and picked up a USB2 
> front-panel card reader + port that the purveyors _swore_  would work.
>       It does. No problem with the mobo plug (obviously) and it behaves 
> exactly as advertised. Both 2.6.12.3 and 2.6.12.5 run it just fine, 
> stock out of the box. At least one card reader, and the usb plug, work 
> fine -- including the PiO/Genesys device in question.

Well, at least the problem is solved.  That's the important thing.

>       The cable length and plugs look identical, as does the pinout. So my 
> best guess is I have a bad wire or crappy connection somewhere.

Since UHCI worked on your old hardware and EHCI didn't, it's possible the 
bad connection is an internal one, somewhere below the switch that decides 
which controller will drive the port.

>       Other than hara-kiri, if there is anything I can further help with, 
> please let me know.

At this point, I'm happy to let the whole thing go.

Alan Stern



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