The rts5139 driver is responsible for both, the messages and also the non-working SD card slot.
After "sudo rmmod rts5139" the warnings that were printed every 5 seconds will stop. It's still broken in 3.8.0-23-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 29 20:22:58 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux There is currently no upstream fix available. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058030 Title: Log full of xhci_hcd WARN To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1058030/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs