Hi everybody, On Tuesday, 27. September 2005 04:19, Alan Stern wrote: > These errors are typical of hardware problems, generally bad cable > connections or bad internal electrical terminations. They are > particularly common when resellers use substandard USB cables to go > between the USB ports on the motherboard and the connectors at the front > of the computer case.
I replaced the cable between the HD case and the usb port with the cable that came with my Canon camera. It seems like that did the trick - the HD was recognized instantly. I did no further testing but this one looks very good so far... > They do not indicate problems in the kernel and are usually not caused by > problems in the device. However you could try upgrading to 2.6.13 just to > see if it makes a difference. I don't think that there are more recent PPC-benh kernels than 2.6.11 yet, so upgrading is not an option. Seems that the cable is to blame... Good to know and thanks a lot for your help! best regards Thomas -- University of Uppsala / Sweden Contact me: http://www.isistius.de ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
