On Mon, 30 May 2011 14:36:02 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 30 May 2011 02:09:04 +0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > >> I have a NexStar multi interface to USB adapter which I wanted to use >> to connect my old IDE HDD to wipe it out before giving it away. While >> trying to use it I hit the problem in subject line. That is:"Reset high >> speed USB >> device using ehci_hcd and address x" in loop message. (Looks like its >> an old bug while googling.) > > Yep, it seems that many people (not only in Debian) have been bitten by > that :-( > >> I've tried to unload ehci_hcd and load uhci_hcd module instead in >> attempt to resolve the problem. Unfortunatelly this not only caused me >> loosing my mouse but appeared to be useless, since the unloaded >> ehci_hcd module was fired by OS again automatically, and here we go - >> same vicious circle. > > I'm afraid USB kernel modules are loaded on demand, so as soon as you > have plugged any USB device, the kernel (in join with that udev > "thingy") will try to load the module again. > >> So, I gave up on it, and then, just out of curiosity, connected the >> damn thing to my laptop with Ubuntu Lucid. To my huge surprise Lucid >> did not have any problem with it, and right now I'm running shred on >> the device writing it with 0's. >> >> How do they manage it, and why it is (still ?) a problem on Debian? > > Maybe a different kernel version makes the difference here, not Debian. >
At least I was able to blank my old IDE's in Lucid. It's good to have more than one PC with different OS's on them. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/is0ji9$l2p$2...@dough.gmane.org
