It seems as though my shiny new ipod nano can reproducibly trigger a spurious disconnect message, which happens during heavy read activity while having gtkpod scan for orphaned mp3s. I have a few hundred of these thanks to amarok.
Here's what's printed after a few minutes of heavy scanning: Dec 27 08:06:42 eggnog kernel: usb 4-3: USB disconnect, address 3 Dec 27 08:07:12 eggnog kernel: usb 4-3: usb_sg_cancel, unlink --> -19 Here's all usb related messages from the log: Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: Linux version 2.6.19.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20060901 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-13)) #2 PREEMPT Wed Dec 27 01:55:48 EST 2006 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver hub Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usbcore: registered new device driver usb Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: UHCI Host Controller Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 11, io base 0x0000d000 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: UHCI Host Controller Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 7, io base 0x0000d400 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: UHCI Host Controller Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: irq 10, io base 0x0000d800 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: EHCI Host Controller Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: irq 5, io mem 0xe6000000 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: 6 ports detected Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: EXT3 FS on hda4, internal journal Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [APC Back-UPS ES 500 FW:801.e5.D USB FW:e5] on usb-0000:00:10.1-2 Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid Dec 27 07:49:34 eggnog kernel: drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver Dec 27 07:51:16 eggnog kernel: usb 4-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 Dec 27 07:51:16 eggnog kernel: usb 4-3: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices Dec 27 07:51:16 eggnog kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized Dec 27 07:51:16 eggnog kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Dec 27 07:51:16 eggnog kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 27 07:51:16 eggnog kernel: usb-storage: device found at 3 Dec 27 07:51:16 eggnog kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Dec 27 07:51:16 eggnog kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Dec 27 07:51:16 eggnog kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: SCSI device sda: 1982464 2048-byte hdwr sectors (4060 MB) Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08 Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: SCSI device sda: 1982464 2048-byte hdwr sectors (4060 MB) Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08 Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 Dec 27 07:51:21 eggnog kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda Dec 27 08:06:42 eggnog kernel: usb 4-3: USB disconnect, address 3 Dec 27 08:07:12 eggnog kernel: usb 4-3: usb_sg_cancel, unlink --> -19 Dec 27 08:07:12 eggnog last message repeated 22 times My other USB device is an APC UPS, which has been connected without incident for a few weeks now. Contents of /proc/interrupts: CPU0 0: 817401 XT-PIC-XT timer 1: 8429 XT-PIC-XT i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade 5: 111834 XT-PIC-XT ehci_hcd:usb4 6: 3 XT-PIC-XT floppy 7: 6626 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb2 8: 4 XT-PIC-XT rtc 9: 0 XT-PIC-XT acpi 10: 12636 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb3, VIA8233 11: 201540 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb1, eth0, fglrx 12: 49584 XT-PIC-XT i8042 14: 72597 XT-PIC-XT ide0 15: 31 XT-PIC-XT ide1 NMI: 0 LOC: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 Would enabling USB debugging be a smart thing to do with all of this i/o going on? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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