Thanks again, According to the new logs (with a different kernel), the reason is that the kernel keeps disconnecting usb. Maybe a kernel issue. Paul ---------------------------- Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: USB disconnect, device number 8 Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: new high-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=04ca, idProduct=707a, bcdDevice= 0.04 Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2 Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: Product: EasyCamera 5M Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: Manufacturer: Generic Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: [40B blob data] Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device EasyCamera 5M (04ca:707a) Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host kernel: uvcvideo: Failed to initialize entity for entity 6 Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host kernel: uvcvideo: Failed to register entities (-22). Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host kernel: input: EasyCamera 5M: EasyCamera 5M as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/input/input21 Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host kernel: hid-generic 0003:04CA:707A.0008: hiddev96,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Generic EasyCamera 5M] on usb-0000:01:00.0-8/input2 Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host mtp-probe[6180]: checking bus 1, device 9: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8" Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host mtp-probe[6180]: bus: 1, device: 9 was not an MTP device Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host mtp-probe[6205]: checking bus 1, device 9: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8" Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host mtp-probe[6205]: bus: 1, device: 9 was not an MTP device Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host lightdm[6193]: thunar-volman: Unsupported USB device type "usb". Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host lightdm[6207]: thunar-volman: Unsupported input device type "/dev/input/event17". Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host lightdm[6211]: thunar-volman: Unsupported input device type "(null)". Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host lightdm[6215]: thunar-volman: Unsupported USB device type "usbhid". Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host lightdm[6219]: thunar-volman: Unsupported USB device type "uvcvideo". Oct 12 19:03:12 new-host lightdm[6223]: thunar-volman: Unsupported USB device type "uvcvideo". On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 6:53 PM ITwrx <info@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/12/20 12:34 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > > Oct 12 18:33:54 new-host kernel: uvcvideo: Failed to initialize entity > > for entity 6 > > it looks like the trouble may start further up as noted above. You could > always install another Desktop Environment and log in there to rule out > LDM, XFCE, etc. Also, i either missed it in the first place, or forgot > that you said you could plug it into another usb port and it worked > fine. I wonder if you plugged a different device into the suspect port, > if it would report any errors. Maybe that port is failing and/or it has > been more heavily used than the rest? > > I see your follow up msg now and yes, you could try booting a previous > kernel and see if that's what did it. > > Just some ideas. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx