Are you plugging it into the front of a machine? If so the internal cable may not be good enough for USB2.
You could also try the suggestions in the FAQ for that error. On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Juergen Bausa wrote: > I would like to use an usb 2.0 repeater under linux. The cable seems to work > perfectly > under Windows and is also recognised under linux, if I only load the > uhci-modules (no ehci and > thus no usb 2.0). But if I also load the ehci_hcd.o module and plug in the > repeater, I get the > following messages: > > Jan 13 21:11:54 lisa kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-4, assigned > address 2 > Jan 13 21:11:54 lisa kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=2 > (error=-71) > Jan 13 21:11:55 lisa kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-4, assigned > address 3 > Jan 13 21:11:55 lisa kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 > (error=-71) > > And of course, it is not working. I am using debian woody with kernel 2.4.27. > The motherboard is > an asrock with VIA KT400 chipset. > > Did anyone else have this problem? Any Hints? Or is there someone who to > manged to get an usb 2.0 > working under linux? > > Regards, > > Juergen > __________________________________________________________ > Mit WEB.DE FreePhone mit hoechster Qualitaet ab 0 Ct./Min. > weltweit telefonieren! http://freephone.web.de/?mc=021201 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
