when i plug in my Ipod photo 40 gig in to my pc and do a dmesg looking for a /dev/ device so i can mount it all i get is this:

hub 1-0:1.0: state 5 ports 6 chg ffc0 evt 0008
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001803 POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT
hub 1-0:1.0: port 3, status 0501, change 0001, 480 Mb/s
hub 1-0:1.0: debounce: port 3: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x501
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001002 POWER sig=se0 CSC
hub 1-0:1.0: state 5 ports 6 chg ffc0 evt 0008
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001803 POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT
hub 1-0:1.0: port 3, status 0501, change 0001, 480 Mb/s
hub 1-0:1.0: debounce: port 3: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x501
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001002 POWER sig=se0 CSC
hub 1-0:1.0: state 5 ports 6 chg ffc0 evt 0008
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001803 POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT
hub 1-0:1.0: port 3, status 0501, change 0001, 480 Mb/s
hub 1-0:1.0: debounce: port 3: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x501
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001002 POWER sig=se0 CSC
hub 1-0:1.0: state 5 ports 6 chg ffc0 evt 0008
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001803 POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT
hub 1-0:1.0: port 3, status 0501, change 0001, 480 Mb/s
hub 1-0:1.0: debounce: port 3: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x501
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 3 high speed
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001005 POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 3 high speed
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001005 POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: devpath 3 ep0in 3strikes
usb 1-3: device descriptor read/all, error -71
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 3 high speed
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001005 POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001002 POWER sig=se0 CSC
hub 1-0:1.0: state 5 ports 6 chg ffc0 evt 0008
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001803 POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT
hub 1-0:1.0: port 3, status 0501, change 0001, 480 Mb/s
hub 1-0:1.0: debounce: port 3: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x501
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 3 high speed
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001005 POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001002 POWER sig=se0 CSC
hub 1-0:1.0: state 5 ports 6 chg ffc0 evt 0008
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001803 POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT
hub 1-0:1.0: port 3, status 0501, change 0001, 480 Mb/s
hub 1-0:1.0: debounce: port 3: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x501
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001002 POWER sig=se0 CSC
hub 1-0:1.0: state 5 ports 6 chg ffc0 evt 0008
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001803 POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT
hub 1-0:1.0: port 3, status 0501, change 0001, 480 Mb/s
hub 1-0:1.0: debounce: port 3: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x501
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 3 high speed
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001005 POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 3 high speed
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001005 POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: devpath 3 ep0in 3strikes
usb 1-3: device descriptor read/all, error -71
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 3 high speed
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001005 POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 12
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 3 high speed
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port 3 status 001005 POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: devpath 3 ep0in 3strikes
usb 1-3: device descriptor read/all, error -71

any ideas gentlemen?

Hi.

I've seen things like when people are using the 'ub' driver.
Try removing Block Devices -> Low Performance USB Block Driver from your kernel config. (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB).

Dave

in my .config file

Have a look at this:
http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-us.../msg12888.html

You might want to upgrade your kernel to 2.6.11, as all references I've found to the errors you're seeing are from 2.6.10 kernels.

Dave

well i cant unload the ehci_hcd module because i have it compiled directly in the kernel. secondly about upgrading my kernel, i use Gentoos Gentoo-Dev-Sources kernel's for my kernel and on portage the latist version is 2.6.10

Could you downgrade to 2.6.9?