Re: usb flash drive stops liking Debian GNU/Linux

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-08-26 17:17, Sergey Spiridonov wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have USB flash drive 8GB "Flash Voyager" from Corsair. It was working 
> without a problem for about 1 year. Suddenly it stops working producing 
> errors which you can see at the end of this mail. I brought it to the 
> shop to get a replacement. Seller plugged it in to the Windows notebook 
> and it works! Then I brought it home, but at home flash still was not 
> working. I found a dual boot PC and this flash drive  works with Windows 
> but refuses to work with Linux anymore!
>
> Any idea what this can be? May be there is a simple quick way to debug 
> usb subsystem?
>
> I use kernel  2.6.30-bpo.1-amd64
>
>
> [275863.693155] usb 1-3.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and 
> address 14
> [275863.785864] usb 1-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, 
> idProduct=2528
> [275863.785893] usb 1-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
> SerialNumber=3
> [275863.785925] usb 1-3.1: Product: Flash Voyager
> [275863.785944] usb 1-3.1: Manufacturer: Corsair
> [275863.785963] usb 1-3.1: SerialNumber: 000802214E5B528A3E26
> [275863.786193] usb 1-3.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [275863.975608] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> [275863.979047] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> [275863.980143] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
> [275863.980167] USB Mass Storage support registered.
> [275863.980432] usb-storage: device found at 14
> [275863.980438] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> [275867.573883] ioctl32(xfce4-terminal:7362): Unknown cmd fd(18) 
> cmd(0000530b){t:'S';sz:0} arg(f7ebfc8a) on /dev/pts/6
> [275867.573931] ioctl32(xfce4-terminal:7362): Unknown cmd fd(18) 
> cmd(0000530b){t:'S';sz:0} arg(f7ebfc8f) on /dev/pts/6
> [275867.573971] ioctl32(xfce4-terminal:7362): Unknown cmd fd(18) 
> cmd(0000530b){t:'S';sz:0} arg(f7ebfc96) on /dev/pts/6
> [275868.980861] usb-storage: device scan complete
> [275874.877111] usb 1-3.1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd 
> and address 14
> [275889.948981] usb 1-3.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
> [275905.124874] usb 1-3.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
> [275905.300912] usb 1-3.1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd 
> and address 14
[snip]
> [276038.488544] usb 1-3.1: device not accepting address 18, error -110
> [276038.488715] hub 1-3:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1

I'd say that Linux is being more strict than Windows at detecting 
failing h/w.

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