2.5.4[3-5] usb problems

A few different problems. First, when I use my USB hub then I get this

drivers/usb/core/hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1, assigned address 2 drivers/usb/core/hub.c: USB hub found at 1 drivers/usb/core/hub.c: 9 ports detected drivers/usb/core/hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1.4, assigned address 3 drivers/usb/core/hub.c: USB hub found at 1.4 drivers/usb/core/hub.c: 3 ports detected drivers/usb/core/hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1.7, assigned address 4 drivers/usb/core/hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1.8, assigned address 5 drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: usb_submit_urb(ctrl) failed

and none of the USB devices show up at all. But, when I plug the keyboard and mouse in without the hub they work fine.

For background I'm using a MAC USB keyboard (w/passive hub) and a Logitech Trackball plugged into the keyboard. When I plug the keyboard into the computer then both work fine. When I unplug them I get

drivers/usb/core/usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2 drivers/usb/core/usb.c: USB disconnect on device 3 drivers/usb/core/usb.c: USB disconnect on device 4

and subsequent plugins of the devices get

drivers/usb/core/hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1, assigned address 5 drivers/usb/core/hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1, assigned address 6

but the devices never work.

Finally, I've noticed a few times that the mouse has taken a vacation - i.e. I move it and nothing happens. This goes on for about twenty seconds and then all the movements in did in the interum start happening. During this twenty seconds my built-in PS/2 mouse works fine. Oh, and I get no kernel output from any of this.

My config can be found here

http://alecto.bittwiddlers.com/defconfig

Let me know if there's any other information I can provide

  Matthew Harrell                          Friends don't let friends do DOS
  Bit Twiddlers, Inc.                 
  [email protected]     

: Finally, I've noticed a few times that the mouse has taken a vacation - i.e. : I move it and nothing happens. This goes on for about twenty seconds and then : all the movements in did in the interum start happening. During this twenty : seconds my built-in PS/2 mouse works fine. Oh, and I get no kernel output : from any of this.

More on this problem - it's not a time issue. It's happened three more times and I noticed that the mouse suddenly started working when I hit keys (any key) on the USB keyboard. And it starts up working by executing everything I did to the mouse in the interum

  Matthew Harrell                          Gravity is a myth, the Earth sucks.
  Bit Twiddlers, Inc.
  [email protected]     

I'm seeing some strange USB hub issues here too (hubs that work fine on 2.4, not working on 2.5, hubs that only work on boot, but not attaching later), so you aren't alone.

It's time now for some serious USB debugging to get on, now that we have the main feature freeze done.

thanks,

greg k-h