On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Ivar Vasara wrote: > *Hi there, > I'm relatively new to linux and found David and Alans posts > regarding a USB external HD enclosure*. I'm having what looks to be a > similar problem with my external HD enclosure as well; it works happily > under XP, but linux ( 2.6.10-5-686 ) keeps spewing logs like below.. > > --sample logs from dmesg-- > usb 1-4: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > usb 1-4: device not accepting address 50, error -71 > usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 66 > usb 1-4: device not accepting address 66, error -71 > usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 78 > usb 1-4: device not accepting address 78, error -71 > usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 83 > usb 1-4: device not accepting address 83, error -71 > usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 84 > usb 1-4: device not accepting address 84, error -71 > **--sample logs-- > > I'm not really comfortable modifying the kernel or anything quite that > low level, but is there anything I can do to get it working ? Is there a > place where I can look for more diagnostic data ? Also of possible note, > I noticed David's using a thinkpad - I'm using a thinkpad T40..
You can try using 2.6.11, which contains a fix for a problem that affects lots of high speed devices during initialization. If you want more diagnostic information, select the USB verbose debugging option in the kernel configuration. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
