Hello, When I boot my x64 Linux system to the console a continuous series of "USB disconnect/reconnect" messages appears in the kernel log. The disconnect/reconnect messages concern the USB mouse:
usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, device number N usb 1-1.3: new low-speed USB device number N+1 using ehci-pci input: Microsoft Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse v2.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0 usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/input/input5 hid-generic 0003:045E:00CB.0006: input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse v2.0 ] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.3/input0 .... These "USB disconnect/reconnect" messages will repeat roughly every 40 seconds with the device number "N" increasing to "N+1" each time. The interesting thing about this behavior is that I can stop the messages, and presumably the disconnects, by starting the General Purpose Mouse (gpm) server: gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t imps2 If I then terminate the gpm server, the USB disconnect/reconnect messages will start to occur once again. The USB disconnects also stop when I start the graphical X server. It would seem that if nothing is "grabbing" the USB mouse (i.e. gpm or X) then the kernel somehow automatically disconnects it. My system has the USB built in to the kernel (no modules). The motherboard I use is Intel DP55KG which has the P55 Express chipset to control the USB. I've seen this behavior on the current kernel-3.8.x and also on the previous kernel-3.7. I have not tested anything earlier. Please CC to frank.pet...@comcast.net as I am not subscribed to the list. Frank Peters -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
