[Solved] USB regression or hardware failure?

ConnorBehan · 2012-09-05 00:19:57

EDIT: It's a hardware failure.

The USB hub I use is a PCMCIA card with USB 2.0 ports. There are some things that it has never been able to power, like those external hard drives with only one USB connector. However it has always worked in the past for my printer and thumb drive.

Today, I noticed that things have got worse... "lsusb" no longer shows my printer. It does show my thumb drive but if I mount the drive and try to modify files on it, I get the following dmesg errors:

[   37.547752] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  U3 Cruzer Micro  3.27 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[   37.549308] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 8027790 512-byte logical blocks: (4.11 GB/3.82 GiB)
[   37.551035] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[   37.551052] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[   37.551808] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[   37.552012] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   37.558176] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[   37.558387] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   37.568789]  sdb: sdb1
[   37.572188] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[   37.572393] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   37.572585] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[   38.513423] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[   42.220062] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[   42.783402] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[   45.036741] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[   47.746739] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[   51.160074] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[   54.363405] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[   57.410056] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[   87.844283] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
[   87.853596] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
[   87.853611] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb]  Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
[   87.853622] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 00 00 11 1a 00 00 9e 00
[   87.853646] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 4378
[   87.853843] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4315
[   87.854025] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.854037] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4316
[   87.854219] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.854228] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4317
[   87.854410] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.854433] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4318
[   87.854613] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.854622] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4319
[   87.854803] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.854819] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4320
[   87.855000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.855009] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4321
[   87.855188] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.855197] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4322
[   87.855375] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.855384] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4323
[   87.855563] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.855572] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 4324
[   87.855751] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
[   87.856232] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
[   87.856240] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb]  Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
[   87.856250] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 00 00 1f 22 00 00 01 00
[   87.856273] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 7970
[   88.503395] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[   88.630767] scsi3 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0
[   89.634483] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  U3 Cruzer Micro  3.27 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[   89.635790] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 8027790 512-byte logical blocks: (4.11 GB/3.82 GiB)
[   89.636410] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[   89.636422] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[   89.638052] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[   89.638241] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   89.643660] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[   89.643867] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   89.654525]  sdc: sdc1
[   89.658153] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[   89.658764] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   89.659298] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[   91.790085] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[   92.760068] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[   96.490073] usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[  193.356840] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 3
[  198.350062] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[  198.483822] usb 2-1: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
[  198.514371] scsi4 : usb-storage 2-1:1.0
[  199.521795] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  U3 Cruzer Micro  3.27 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[  199.526917] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 8027790 512-byte logical blocks: (4.11 GB/3.82 GiB)
[  199.529815] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[  199.529835] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[  199.533770] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[  199.534382] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  199.553721] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[  199.554329] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  199.566925]  sdc: sdc1
[  199.587684] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[  199.588289] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  199.588839] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[  254.674755] FAT-fs (sdb1): Directory bread(block 15682) failed
[  254.675378] FAT-fs (sdb1): Directory bread(block 15683) failed
[  254.675894] FAT-fs (sdb1): Directory bread(block 15684) failed
[  254.676412] FAT-fs (sdb1): Directory bread(block 15685) failed
[  254.678063] FAT-fs (sdb1): Directory bread(block 15686) failed
[  254.678640] FAT-fs (sdb1): Directory bread(block 15687) failed
[  254.701664] FAT-fs (sdb1): Directory bread(block 15688) failed
[  254.702221] FAT-fs (sdb1): Directory bread(block 15689) failed
[  374.500076] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[  605.761370] ehci_hcd 0000:02:00.2: HC died; cleaning up
[  605.761970] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: host system error, PCI problems?
[  605.762494] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: host controller process error, something bad happened!
[  605.763096] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: host system error, PCI problems?
[  605.763619] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: host controller process error, something bad happened!
[  605.764250] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: pccard: card ejected from slot 0
[  605.787015] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: FGR not stopped yet!
[  605.787046] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: FGR not stopped yet!
[  605.797149] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: host system error, PCI problems?
[  605.797760] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: host controller process error, something bad happened!
[  605.798334] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: host controller halted, very bad!
[  605.798868] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: HCRESET not completed yet!
[  605.798879] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: HC died; cleaning up
[  605.799395] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: remove, state 84
[  605.801260] usb usb3: USB disconnect, device number 1
[  605.806290] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: USB bus 3 deregistered
[  605.808358] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: host system error, PCI problems?
[  605.808976] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: host controller process error, something bad happened!
[  605.809549] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: host controller halted, very bad!
[  605.810088] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: HCRESET not completed yet!
[  605.810098] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: HC died; cleaning up
[  605.811771] uhci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: remove, state 1
[  605.903466] hub 4-0:1.0: activate --> -19

Everything still works if I use my motherboard's built in USB.

I think the only thing that my hub does properly is charging my USB mouse. That requires power only and no data transfer. Does anyone know what could be causing this? I don't use the hub for data transfer very often but I've used it at least once since July. Downgrading to linux-3.4.4, the kernel I was using in July didn't help. I also tried loading uhci_hcd with ignore_oc=1.

I realize, it would be better if I had first tested this with another OS. But finding a PCMCIA port may take some time. It might be less trouble for me to just buy a new hub.

Last edited by ConnorBehan (2012-09-06 03:39:02)

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#1 2012-09-05 00:19:57

[Solved] USB regression or hardware failure?

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