Public bug reported: Under Feisty, plugging in a USB high speed flash device (or just about anything else that uses USB high speed) results in the following messages showing up in the log (and a failure to connect the device):
Mar 29 09:28:43 hackworth kernel: [156070.920000] usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 Mar 29 09:28:47 hackworth kernel: [156075.204000] usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 19 Mar 29 09:28:49 hackworth kernel: [156077.220000] usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 26 Mar 29 09:28:51 hackworth kernel: [156079.236000] usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 31 Mar 29 09:28:52 hackworth kernel: [156080.244000] usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 34 Mar 29 09:29:02 hackworth kernel: [156090.072000] usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 72 Mar 29 09:29:03 hackworth kernel: [156091.080000] usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 75 Mar 29 09:29:05 hackworth kernel: [156093.096000] usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 82 The messages repeat over and over and the device never mounts. If I do a "rmmod ehci_hcd", Mar 29 09:30:15 hackworth kernel: [156162.472000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB bus 4 deregistered Mar 29 09:30:15 hackworth kernel: [156162.472000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:1d.7 disabled the device will then be recognized and mount normally: Mar 29 09:31:20 hackworth kernel: [156227.792000] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Mar 29 09:31:20 hackworth kernel: [156227.960000] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Mar 29 09:31:20 hackworth kernel: [156228.100000] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual Mar 29 09:31:20 hackworth kernel: [156228.112000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Mar 29 09:31:20 hackworth kernel: [156228.112000] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Mar 29 09:31:20 hackworth kernel: [156228.112000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Mar 29 09:31:20 hackworth kernel: [156228.112000] USB Mass Storage support registered. Mar 29 09:31:20 hackworth kernel: [156228.112000] usb-storage: device found at 2 Mar 29 09:31:20 hackworth kernel: [156228.112000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.112000] usb-storage: device scan complete Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.116000] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic STORAGE DEVICE 0026 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.120000] SCSI device sdb: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB) Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.124000] sdb: Write Protect is off Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.124000] sdb: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00 Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.124000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.136000] SCSI device sdb: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB) Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.144000] sdb: Write Protect is off Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.144000] sdb: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00 Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.144000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.144000] sdb: sdb1 Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.148000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb Mar 29 09:31:25 hackworth kernel: [156233.148000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Clearly this is some sort of bug or deficiency in the ehci_hcd module. The ehci device works just fine under other operating systems including Windows and NetBSD. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- USB problems on IBM T41 laptop https://launchpad.net/bugs/98608 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs