On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:57:19 -0400
Tom Horsley wrote:
Apr 23 22:39:26 zooty kernel: [ 696.061086] usb 2-3: new high speed
USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Apr 23 22:39:26 zooty kernel: [ 696.257079] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error
-71
Apr 23 22:39:26 zooty kernel: [ 696.559082] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error
-71
Apr 23 22:39:26 zooty kernel: [ 696.762074] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using
ehci_hcd and address 6
Apr 23 22:39:27 zooty kernel: [ 696.957078] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error
-71
Apr 23 22:39:27 zooty kernel: [ 697.249077] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error
-71
Apr 23 22:39:27 zooty kernel: [ 697.452060] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using
ehci_hcd and address 7
Apr 23 22:39:38 zooty kernel: [ 707.854076] usb 2-3: device not accepting address 7,
error -110
So, I finally tracked it down: What these sorts of messages
really mean are: "Ouch! This USB device is drawing too much
power!".
If I connect it via an external powered hub, it works perfectly.