FC2 and USB disk problems

[Graeme Nichols]

Hello Folks, my upgrade from RH8 to FC2 has gone quite well. I have only
one problem to sort out and all will be well.

As I said on an earlier post, I have a ZIP drive and an external 60G HD
and an Epson Perfection 640U scanner.

There was, and still is, a problem with FC2 recognising the ZIP drive
and the external HD. Initially FC2 recognised the HD every time and the
ZIP drive occasionally. Now FC2 is recognising the ZIP drive
consistently but rarely the external HD.

I have included the relevant lines from dmesg if someone can tell me
what is going on.

RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 144k freed
ohci_hcd: 2004 Feb 02 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
ohci_hcd: block sizes: ed 64 td 64
AMD756: dev 1022:740c, router pirq : 4 get irq : 10
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 0000:00:07.4
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:00:08.0
ohci_hcd 0000:00:07.4: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:07.4: irq 10, pci mem 0a836000
ohci_hcd 0000:00:07.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ohci_hcd 0000:00:07.4: AMD756 erratum 4 workaround
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
AMD756: dev 1106:3038, router pirq : 4 get irq : 10
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 0000:00:08.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:00:07.4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:08.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:08.0: irq 10, io base 0000d400
uhci_hcd 0000:00:08.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
AMD756: dev 1106:3038, router pirq : 1 get irq :  9
PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 0000:00:08.1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:08.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:08.1: irq 9, io base 0000d800
uhci_hcd 0000:00:08.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
AMD756: dev 1106:3104, router pirq : 2 get irq : 11
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:08.2
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:0a.0
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: irq 11, pci mem 0a83af00
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 0.95, driver 2003-Dec-29
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
hub 3-0:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
EXT3 FS on hdb2, internal journal
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
device-mapper: 4.1.0-ioctl (2003-12-10) initialised: dm at uk.sistina.com
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
hub 4-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 4.  Maybe the USB cable is bad?
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using address 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
SCSI subsystem initialized
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
  Vendor: IOMEGA    Model: ZIP 100           Rev: 90.J
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
USB Mass Storage device found at 2
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
sda: Spinning up disk...<3>ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error
-110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
hub 4-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 4.  Maybe the USB cable is bad?
.<6>cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
.<5>Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.5-1.358
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Adding 522104k swap on /dev/hdb3.  Priority:-1 extents:1
Adding 128480k swap on /dev/hda8.  Priority:-2 extents:1
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
parport0: irq 7 detected
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
AMD756: dev 10ec:8139, router pirq : 3 get irq :  5
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:00:0b.0
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xcc00, 00:05:1c:1d:b7:3b, IRQ 5
eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
divert: freeing divert_blk for eth0
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (1023 buckets, 8184 max) - 296 bytes per
conntrack
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
AMD756: dev 10ec:8139, router pirq : 3 get irq :  5
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:00:0b.0
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xcc00, 00:05:1c:1d:b7:3b, IRQ 5
eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
parport0: irq 7 detected
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device 022db720(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device sit0
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
warning: process `update' used the obsolete bdflush system call
Fix your initscripts?
warning: process `update' used the obsolete bdflush system call
Fix your initscripts?
AMD756: dev 1274:1371, router pirq : 2 get irq : 11
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:0a.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:08.2
SCSI device sda: 196608 512-byte hdwr sectors (101 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 196608 512-byte hdwr sectors (101 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
 sda: sda4
ehci_hcd 0000:00:08.2: port 4 reset error -110
hub 4-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 2

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

Kind regards,

Graeme.