Public bug reported: At seemingly random times (twice in the past week) all USB devices connected to the system suddenly stop working. /var/log/kern.log shows errors from ehci_hcd, then usually several filesystem I/O errors from the USB hard disk. After this USB devices may automatically reconnect as USB 1.1 or may not work until the machine is rebooted.
In one case I came home to find my USB mouse powered off, and messages like "host controller halted, very bad" in kern.log. USB hard disk was also inaccessible (I/O errors) and appeared to have locked up (constant blinking LED). After rebooting and plugging in my phone to a powered hub there were messages complaining about "insufficient available bus power", which doesn't sound like it makes a lot of sense (shouldn't the powered hub and the phone's battery be enough?). While browsing the web today again the controller crashed producing the messages shown in dmesg; in this case the devices reconnected as USB 1.1 and the hard disk is still partially accessible (some files can be read, others give I/O errors). The mouse kept working during this time. After the crash I disconnected and reconnected a few USB devices to see if anything else would happen, but it looks like ehci has already been unloaded. (Errors about "unknown partition table" happen because the drive is encrypted with Truecrypt.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: rena 2296 F.... xfce4-volumed rena 2297 F.... pulseaudio rena 2358 F.... xfce4-mixer-plu rena 4585 F.... conky CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'V8237'/'VIA 8237 with ALC850 at 0xe000, irq 22' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC850 rev 0' Components : 'AC97a:414c4790' Controls : 49 Simple ctrls : 30 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'UART'/'MPU-401 UART at 0x330, irq 10' Mixer name : '' Components : '' Controls : 0 Simple ctrls : 0 Card1.Amixer.values: Date: Fri Jun 10 09:48:31 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=7cfe4512-f242-4390-9add-209eb5461f98 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426.1) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: System manufacturer System name ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.52 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: ASUS A8V-E DELUXE ACPI BIOS Revision 1008 dmi.board.name: A8V-E DELUXE dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC. dmi.board.version: 1.XX dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUS dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSA8V-EDELUXEACPIBIOSRevision1008:bd06/24/2005:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemname:pvr1.XX:rvnASUSTekComputerINC.:rnA8V-EDELUXE:rvr1.XX:cvnASUS:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System name dmi.product.version: 1.XX dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795626 Title: ehci_hcd fatal error - USB devices randomly crash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/795626/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs