Borrowed this LaCie 10GB USB HardDrive (ID 059f:a601) at work and tried to use it on Linux, but it doesn't work. Below is an excerpt from my logs. Basically, a simple 'lsusb' causes lots of "usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout" messages and I don't get anywhere.
Configuration: ABIT KT7A mobo (Via KT133A chipset, UHCI) kernel 2.4.16 straight from www.kernel.org usb-uhci built into the kernel usb-storage built as a module Dec 13 01:13:13 athlon kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Dec 13 01:13:13 athlon kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage Dec 13 01:13:13 athlon kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Dec 13 01:13:20 athlon kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 3 Dec 13 01:13:20 athlon kernel: usb-storage: act_altsettting is 0 Dec 13 01:13:20 athlon kernel: usb-storage: id_index calculated to be: 24 Dec 13 01:13:20 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Array length appears to be: 54 Dec 13 01:13:20 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Vendor: LaCie Dec 13 01:13:20 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Product: USB Hard Disk Dec 13 01:13:20 athlon kernel: usb-storage: USB Mass Storage device detected Dec 13 01:13:20 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Endpoints: In: 0xdc21a600 Out: 0xdc21a614 Int: 0xdc21a628 (Period 100) Dec 13 01:13:23 athlon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Dec 13 01:13:23 athlon kernel: usb.c: error getting string descriptor 0 (error=-110) Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb.c: error getting string descriptor 0 (error=-110) Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb-storage: New GUID 059fa6010000000000000000 Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Transport: Control/Bulk Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Protocol: Reduced Block Commands (RBC) Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb-storage: *** thread sleeping. Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb-storage: queuecommand() called Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb-storage: *** thread awakened. Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Command INQUIRY (6 bytes) Dec 13 01:13:26 athlon kernel: usb-storage: 12 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 e5 4c 1b c0 Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: command_abort() called Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Call to usb_stor_control_msg() returned -2 Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: -- transport indicates command was aborted Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Fixing INQUIRY data to show SCSI rev 2 Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: scsi command aborted Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: *** thread sleeping. Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: queuecommand() called Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: *** thread awakened. Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Command TEST_UNIT_READY (6 bytes) Dec 13 01:13:32 athlon kernel: usb-storage: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e5 4c 1b c0 Dec 13 01:13:42 athlon kernel: usb-storage: command_abort() called Dec 13 01:13:42 athlon kernel: usb-storage: Call to usb_stor_control_msg() returned -2 Dec 13 01:13:42 athlon kernel: usb-storage: -- transport indicates command was aborted Dec 13 01:13:42 athlon kernel: usb-storage: scsi command aborted Dec 13 01:13:42 athlon kernel: usb-storage: *** thread sleeping. Dec 13 01:13:42 athlon kernel: usb-storage: device_reset() called Dec 13 01:13:42 athlon kernel: usb-storage: CB_reset() called Dec 13 01:13:47 athlon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Dec 13 01:13:47 athlon kernel: usb-storage: CB[I] soft reset failed -110 Dec 13 01:13:47 athlon kernel: usb-storage: bus_reset() called Dec 13 01:14:16 athlon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Dec 13 01:14:16 athlon kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 256 ret -110 Dec 13 01:14:16 athlon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Dec 13 01:14:16 athlon kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 256 ret -110 Dec 13 01:14:17 athlon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Dec 13 01:14:17 athlon kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 256 ret -110 Dec 13 01:14:17 athlon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Dec 13 01:14:17 athlon kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 256 ret -110 Dec 13 01:14:17 athlon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout -- Ciao, Flavio Stanchina Trento - Italy "The best defense against logic is ignorance." http://spazioweb.inwind.it/fstanchina/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users