Description of problem: After attaching a USB storage device IOGEAR ION USB2.0 External HDD 40Gig, The computer will not recognize the disk and after some tries will give the error Device offlined - not ready after error recovery Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5 #1 SMP Thu May 4 21:16:04 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux How reproducible: Attach IOGEAR USB 2.0 External HDD Steps to Reproduce: 1. Attach IOGEAR ION USB 2.0 Externak HDD 2. 3. Actual results: Device Offlined - not ready after error recovery Expected results: /dev/sda1 attached to the computer. Additional info: Here is the output from /var/log/messages May 14 08:36:27 xxxxxx kernel: usb 1-5: USB disconnect, address 9 May 14 08:36:30 xxxxxx kernel: usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10 May 14 08:36:30 xxxxxx kernel: usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice May 14 08:36:30 xxxxxx kernel: scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices May 14 08:36:32 xxxxxx kernel: usb 1-5: USB disconnect, address 10 May 14 08:36:34 xxxxxx kernel: usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11 May 14 08:36:34 xxxxxx kernel: usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice May 14 08:36:34 xxxxxx kernel: scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices May 14 08:36:45 xxxxxx kernel: usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11 May 14 08:37:10 xxxxxx last message repeated 3 times May 14 08:37:10 xxxxxx kernel: 9:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
This bug has been mass-closed along with all other bugs that have been in NEEDINFO state for several months. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, this is the only method we have of cleaning out stale bug reports where the reporter has disappeared. If you can reproduce this bug after installing all the current updates, please reopen this bug. If you are not the reporter, you can add a comment requesting it be reopened, and someone will get to it asap. Thank you.