Bug 98152

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Description of problem:
I recently did an apt-get update; apt-get upgrade which upgraded a bunch of the
more recent packages to RH9, and now the following happens:

I currently have my VMWare set up to sync with my Palm (a Sony Clie NX70V) via
USB.  To avoid Red Hat grabbing the USB port when I try to sync, I have disabled
the visor module (I renamed it to visor.old).  This has been working fine; I can
sync to VMWare and everything works perfectly.

Until now.  I recently (June 25, 2003) did a full upgrade using apt-get ---
which applied a bunch of upgraded packages to my system.  Unfortunately I don't
have the list, but it downloaded and applied about 10 upgrades (I haven't done
an upgrade for at least a couple of months, maybe a few).

Now, when I sync, it works the first time, but after that it never connects to
the virtual machine.  Sometimes an error message comes up saying that the VM
cannot grab the USB because the serial module has already taken it.  I have
never seen this error message before (prior to this, it was always the visor
module that would grab the USB).

I attempted to rmmod usbserial but it always says "device or resource busy" even
when I have disconnected my serial cable.  So, essentially, I can only sync
once, and after that I have to reboot to sync again with VMWare.  Stopping and
restarting VMWare doesn't do anything.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update RH9 to roughly the latest available as of June 25.
2. Boot the system.
3. Run VMWare with Windows 2000 Professional as a guest.
4. Sync your palm via USB (in my case a Sony Clie NX70V).
5. Attempt to sync again


Actual Results:  Sync fails the second time.

Expected Results:  Sync proceeds normally.

Additional info:

Here's some potentially interesting info from /var/log/messages:

Jun 26 17:46:09 localhost kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 580
Jun 26 17:46:09 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1d.0-1
address 3
Jun 26 17:46:09 localhost kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm
4.0 / Cli� 4.x converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Jun 26 17:46:09 localhost kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm
4.0 / Cli� 4.x converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: scsi1 : IEEE-1394 SBP-2 protocol driver (host:
ohci1394)
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: $Rev: 707 $ James Goodwin <jamesg>
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: SBP-2 module load options:
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: - Max speed supported: S400
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: - Max sectors per I/O supported: 255
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: - Max outstanding commands supported: 64
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: - Max outstanding commands per lun supported: 1
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: - Serialized I/O (debug): no
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: - Exclusive login: yes
Jun 26 17:46:10 localhost kernel: scsi : 1 host left.
Jun 26 17:46:12 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted