Hi folks,

[Note: I obviously missed the correct section of the Forum where to post this one. I thought I selected "Linux - Hardware" properly, but I was wrong. I'd be grateful if someone could move it to where it belongs - if this is technically possible. Sorry.]

I'm running Fedora Core 2 on an old Compaq Armada 7800 laptop, and I'm wondering how to see my Sony Micro Vault USB Pen (USM128U2) in it. I know this pen works fine (as well as the USB port on this laptop) because W98, on the other partition, can load it up.

My guess here is that the kernel should do everything I need, and that I should expect to see the pen drive appear on my Desktop as I insert it - but it won't.

Following are a few ( ) lines from /var/log/messages: the kernel seems to find the USB Pen at address 14 ( ), but something then goes wrong. If I try fdisk /dev/sda fdisk will apparently stall and I'll have to shut down the Terminal (being a , I'd try CTRL-C but that won't work - is there a better command to force processes stop?)

Here comes the log:

Jul 10 10:14:25 dhcppc4 kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:0e.2: remote wakeup
Jul 10 10:14:25 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 2
Jul 10 10:14:26 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: device not accepting address 2, error -110
Jul 10 10:14:27 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:14:27 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 3
Jul 10 10:14:32 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:14:32 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
Jul 10 10:14:32 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:14:33 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:14:33 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 4
Jul 10 10:14:38 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:14:38 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
Jul 10 10:14:38 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:14:39 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:14:39 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 5
Jul 10 10:14:44 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:14:44 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
Jul 10 10:14:44 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:14:45 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:14:45 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 6
Jul 10 10:14:50 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:14:50 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start
Jul 10 10:14:50 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:14:51 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:14:51 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 7
Jul 10 10:14:56 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:14:56 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
Jul 10 10:14:56 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:14:57 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:14:57 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 8
Jul 10 10:15:02 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:15:02 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
Jul 10 10:15:02 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:15:03 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:15:03 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 9
Jul 10 10:15:08 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:15:08 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
Jul 10 10:15:08 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:15:09 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:15:09 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 10
Jul 10 10:15:14 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:15:14 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
Jul 10 10:15:14 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:15:15 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:15:15 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 11
Jul 10 10:15:20 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:15:20 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
Jul 10 10:15:20 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:15:21 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:15:21 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 12
Jul 10 10:15:26 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:15:26 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start
Jul 10 10:15:26 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:15:27 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:15:27 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 13
Jul 10 10:15:28 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
Jul 10 10:15:28 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-1:1.0: 1 port detected
Jul 10 10:15:28 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using address 14
Jul 10 10:15:33 dhcppc4 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jul 10 10:15:33 dhcppc4 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jul 10 10:15:34 dhcppc4 kernel: Vendor: Sony Model: Storage Media Rev: 1.00
Jul 10 10:15:34 dhcppc4 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jul 10 10:15:34 dhcppc4 kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0
Jul 10 10:15:34 dhcppc4 kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
Jul 10 10:15:34 dhcppc4 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jul 10 10:15:35 dhcppc4 kernel: SCSI device sda: 256000 512-byte hdwr sectors (131 MB)
Jul 10 10:15:35 dhcppc4 kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled
Jul 10 10:15:35 dhcppc4 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Jul 10 10:15:35 dhcppc4 scsi.agent[2690]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.2/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/host0/0:0:0:0
Jul 10 10:15:55 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-1:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -110)
Jul 10 10:15:55 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 13
Jul 10 10:15:55 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-1:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -19)
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 last message repeated 3 times
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-1:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-1:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: sda:<3>scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 31999
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 31999
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 10 10:15:56 dhcppc4 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Jul 10 10:15:57 dhcppc4 kernel: unable to read partition table
Jul 10 10:15:57 dhcppc4 kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jul 10 10:15:57 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, address -1
Jul 10 10:15:58 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 15
Jul 10 10:16:02 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
Jul 10 10:16:02 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start
Jul 10 10:16:02 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: can't read configurations, error -110
Jul 10 10:16:05 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Jul 10 10:16:06 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 16
Jul 10 10:16:08 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
Jul 10 10:16:17 dhcppc4 kernel: hub 1-1:1.0: 1 port detected
Jul 10 10:16:18 dhcppc4 kernel: usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using address 17
Jul 10 10:16:28 dhcppc4 kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jul 10 10:16:28 dhcppc4 kernel: Vendor: Sony Model: Storage Media Rev: 1.00
Jul 10 10:16:28 dhcppc4 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jul 10 10:16:28 dhcppc4 kernel: SCSI device sda: 256000 512-byte hdwr sectors (131 MB)
Jul 10 10:16:28 dhcppc4 kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled
Jul 10 10:16:28 dhcppc4 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Jul 10 10:16:37 dhcppc4 scsi.agent[3483]: Attribute /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.2/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/host1/1:0:0:0/type does not exist

Please note that hardware is ok, as I said before W98 can handle the USB Pen just fine on the very same machine .

Thanks in advance,

Sergio

Anyone? Come on gurus, where are you all?

Oh well...



Sergio