I have the same problem (error -71) with a Novatel Wireless 3G Broadband Modem (MC950D).
$ uname -a Linux osvlap01 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 Codename: intrepid [ 1029.860065] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 29 [ 1029.984056] usb 4-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 1030.204185] usb 4-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 1030.420178] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 30 [ 1030.540176] usb 4-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 1030.772055] usb 4-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 1030.985305] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 31 [ 1031.396169] usb 4-2: device not accepting address 31, error -71 [ 1031.508166] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 32 [ 1031.916165] usb 4-2: device not accepting address 32, error -71 [ 1031.916211] hub 4-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2 All the USB devices I have work OK. My hardware is a Dell XPS M1330. -- USB device not accepting address: error -110 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/54273 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs