Alan Stern wrote:
> Problems like this are almost always caused by the hardware.  In the case 
> of the memory stick, you might find that the USB cabling inside the 
> computer (connecting the front ports to the motherboard) isn't 
> sufficiently high quality to use with EHCI.
>   

That could well be.

>> I'm sure the problem isn't the mouse, since I can use it in my X40 and a 
>> Dell Precision 380.
>>     
>
> What operating systems?
>   

Also Linux (Fedora Core).

>> I don't know if the root of the problem is a bad 
>> motherboard (Intel D845PEBT2, latest BIOS) or Linux, or the compiler...  
>> I do know that if I use the latest kernel published for FC4 
>> (kernel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4), the mouse still works right.  If I use any 
>> kernel published for a newer Fedora system, I get the reset message.
>>     
>
> Newer kernels detect and try to fix errors that the older kernels ignored.  
> But when a device constantly gets errors, things don't work very well.
>   

How would I determine the nature of the errors?  I'm not really sure 
where to find a program to interpret the output of usbmon.

> Try plugging the mouse into a different port.
>   

The problem happens on all four of the ports on the rear of the PC.

> Try using a different mouse.
>   

Different mice don't seem to have any problems.  This mouse doesn't seem 
to have a problem anywhere else, including other systems using the same 
kernel.


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