i have the same problem but with another usb device: Bus 005 Device 002: ID 147a:e02c Formosa Industrial Computing, Inc. Infrared Receiver
it is a infrared receiver but in fact is like a usb keyboard. my laptop is an old Acer Aspire 5510 and i never was able to make my infrared get working but i read this thread and now i could fix the problem.. quoting to this guy.... #define HID_MAX_USAGES 12288 from 12288 to a value greater than 32k, recompile and install the new kernel. i did this and now its working: [ 3.417227] usbhid 5-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface [ 3.417232] usbhid 5-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id [ 3.470040] input: Formosa21 Industrial Computing USB Remote as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/input/input9 [ 3.470070] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: reserve dev 2 ep81-INT, period 8, phase 4, 93 us [ 3.470650] usbhid 5-1:1.0: looking for a minor, starting at 96 [ 3.471219] hid-generic 0003:147A:E02C.0001: input,hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Formosa21 Industrial Computing USB Remote] on usb-0000:00:1d.3-1/input0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1064490 Title: USB Gaming Mouse 04d9:a078 not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1064490/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs