USB2 memory stick failing to mount

[Satish Balay]

> Peter Lawler wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I've googled and check the archives a little, but found not much of use.
> > 
> > I can't get my USB2 memory stick to mount. This is about the only useful
> > kind of info I can get out of dmesg.
> > 
> > usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
> > usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> > usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> > usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
> > usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> > 
> > My system is 2.6.10-1.741_FC3smp Pentium 4. Any thoughts/comments
> > appreciated.

When I got this error - I needed a new 'system board' for my Thinkpad.
You can boot to WinXP - and see if it works in usb-2 mode. [I got
errors from winxp as well]

Workarround is to disable usb-2 [and use only usb-1]

i.e 'modprobe -r ehci_hcd'

Satish