Alan, The box with the problem has been repaired, and I am trying to debug it. What I have learned so far: The "unable to enumerate" message is triggered because PORT_OWNER is not set in the status register. So far, I have found that this bit is set in only 4 places: 1. set_owner() 2. store_companion() 3. ehci_hub_control() 4. ehci_relinquish_port() 5. check_reset_complete() Of these, only #5 is called before the first enumeration message is logged, but it is only called with arguments that never set the PORT_OWNED bit in the status. At this point I'm at a loss. Could you please give me ideas on where I might look. The logged data leading up to the first message are: [ 3.002762] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 3.002780] hub 4-0:1.0: 5 ports detected [ 3.088286] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: usb: Entered check_reset_complete with port_status 0x1005 [ 3.088433] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: port 4 high speed [ 3.144061] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 3.200286] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: usb: Entered check_reset_complete with port_status 0x1005 [ 3.200437] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: port 4 high speed [ 3.352298] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: usb: Entered check_reset_complete with port_status 0x1005 [ 3.352304] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: port 5 high speed [ 3.408071] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 [ 3.454449] PM: Starting manual resume from disk [ 3.464305] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: usb: Entered check_reset_complete with port_status 0x1005 [ 3.464449] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: port 5 high speed [ 3.600052] ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: usb: Entered check_reset_complete with port_status 0x1001 [ 3.600202] ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: port 5 full speed --> companion [ 3.600307] ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: Wrote 0x3001 to status reg [ 3.656089] hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 5 [ 3.656203] ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: In ehci_relinquish_port [ 3.656295] ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: In set_owner Thanks, Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html