[SUSPENDED]: squeeze freeze while copying from camera mem card (via USB)

[Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm>]

Due to a failure in reproducing the problem I suspend the discussion 
in this thread.
Hopefully I should not return to it later... ;-)

Itay


On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Itay wrote:

> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:28:59 +0300 (IDT)
> From: Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: squeeze freeze while copying from camera mem card (via USB)
>
>
> After upgrading to squeeze from lenny I cannot copy photos from the 8GB 
> memory card.  Worse: the computer freezes, I lose the mouse and the keyboard 
> (attached via USB) and have to make hard-shutdown.
> I can mount the file-system, but very quickly it will appear as if it was 
> never mounted: cd, ls, etc., will not work.
>
> So far using same camera and connection with another card didn't produce that 
> effect.
>
> Using both cards, same camera and connection, on another machine + lenny 
> doesn't produce this effect either.
>
> Below is the relevant part of /var/log/messages showing the detection of the 
> camera with a 4GB card, followed by the detection of the tricksey 8GB card. 
> The last line belongs to the boot sequence that I was forced to do.
>
> Please help me to resolve this issue.
> Thanks,
> Itay
>
> <begin: /var/log/messages>
> [264415.556019] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 
> 3
> [264415.689635] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=04b0, idProduct=0419
> [264415.689638] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
> SerialNumber=3
> [264415.689641] usb 2-4: Product: NIKON DSC D300
> [264415.689643] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: NIKON
> [264415.689644] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 000003103000
> [264415.689747] usb 2-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [264415.689995] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> [264420.690039] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     NIKON    D300      1.00 PQ: 0 
> ANSI: 2
> [264420.690605] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
> [264420.691392] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] 8027712 512-byte logical blocks: (4.11 
> GB/3.82 GiB)
> [264420.691763] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
> [264420.693641]  sdc: sdc1
> [264420.696766] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
> [264870.768022] usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and 
> address 3
> [264871.016021] usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and 
> address 3
> [264975.886655] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 3
> [265094.536019] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 
> 4
> [265094.669478] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=04b0, idProduct=0419
> [265094.669481] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
> SerialNumber=3
> [265094.669483] usb 1-4: Product: NIKON DSC D300
> [265094.669485] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: NIKON
> [265094.669487] usb 1-4: SerialNumber: 000003103000
> [265094.669590] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [265094.669872] scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> [265099.669888] scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access     NIKON    D300     1.00 PQ: 0 
> ANSI: 2
> [265099.670463] sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
> [265099.671363] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] 16007040 512-byte logical blocks: (8.19 
> GB/7.63 GiB)
> [265099.671730] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
> [265099.673741]  sdc: sdc1
> [265099.678379] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
> imklog 4.6.4, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
> <end: /var/log/messages>