On Monday, October 17, 2011 10:25:10 AM Alan Stern did opine: > On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, gene heskett wrote: > > usb 2-10: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 7 > > usb 2-10: New USB device found, idVendor=03eb, idProduct=3301 > > usb 2-10: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 > > usb 2-10: Product: Standard USB Hub > > hub 2-10:1.0: USB hub found > > hub 2-10:1.0: 4 ports detected > > hub 2-10:1.0: config failed, can't get hub status (err -71) > > > > Then I tried the echo trick: > > [root@coyote host]# echo 0 > > >/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-10/bConfigurationValue -bash: echo: write > > error: Protocol error > > [root@coyote host]# echo 1 > > >/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-10/bConfigurationValue -bash: echo: write > > error: Protocol error > > > > ???? > > Those errors indicate the computer wasn't able to communicate with the > hub at all. > Exactly. As was said in movie The Coal Miners Daughter, "more better" cables are en-route. Will post when they have been tried. Supposedly here about Wednesday, but by then I will be 250 miles west, pulling out and fitting in a 26' box van, a 40kw tv transmitter we've bought for the station where I was the CE from 1984 to 2002. They never ever let you truly retire, even at 77 YO. But its nice to be considered useful too. ;-) > Alan Stern Thanks Alan. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) In Greene, New York, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks when a concert is on. -- 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