On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Indan Zupancic wrote: > Any idea why my cardreader doesn't work in the first place though? > > The error is basically: > > usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 22 > usb 1-5: device not accepting address 22, error -71 > usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23 > usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > scsi17 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > usb-storage: device found at 23 > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23 > usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23 > usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23 > scsi 17:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 > usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23 > usb 1-5: device not accepting address 23, error -71 > usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23 > usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23 > usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23 > usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23 > usb 1-5: can't restore configuration #1 (error=-71) > usb 1-5: USB disconnect, address 23 > sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed > sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK > sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense not available. > sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 > sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk > sd 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > usb-storage: device scan complete > usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24 > usb 1-5: string descriptor 0 read error: -71 > usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > usb 1-5: can't set config #1, error -71 > > It's a new Trust Mini Cardreader, model CR-1350p. > It doesn't matter in which port I put the thing (front, back), > and I've tried older kernels too (2.6.12), but I get the same > error there. This is with an Intel 945G chipset. > (I've no Windows to test if it works there.) > > Is it just a crappy device which I should bring back, or is > there more going on? It could be a bad device or it could be a bad USB cable. Have you tried using the card reader with a different computer? A usb-storage verbose debugging log might reveal something useful. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html