Created attachment 328769 [details] /var/log/messages from the time the USB reader was connected Description of problem: Trying to read CF cards using a USB Multi-Card reader leads to loss of USB devices (mouse) and makes the system unresponsive. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.27.9-159.fc10 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. put CF card into USB Multi-Card reader 2. 3. Actual results: CF card unreadable and systems becomes unresponsive Expected results: readable CF card and working system Additional info: I am connecting a Lexarmedia USB Multi-Card Reader RW017-P Rev. A to my Toshiba Equium M50-192 laptop and try to read CF cards (1 or 4 GB) formatted by a Canon camera. When the card is inserted it takes a long time until it is mounted by the window manager. When navigating into subdirectories on the card the USB connected mouse stops to work (the touchpad still works). When trying to display an image the system gets unresponsive, sometimes to the point where the computer has to be switched off to be rebooted. Shutdowns, if still possible, never finish. From the log files (see attached part of the messages file) it seems that there is a media error reported. However reading these cards on this device worked flawlessly under Fedora 7 (I upgraded only a couple of weeks ago to F10) and still works without a problem under Windows. Hence I think these media error reported are not real. In any case, even if there were media errors this should not lead to the shutdown of the USB mouse nor make the computer unresponsive.
The log shows that something is trying to read the last sector, which is wrong after the partition table was read already. Most likely the reported size is wrong. This does not explain what's happening with the mouse. There's no clue in the log regarding that. I would like to look at an unedited output of dmesg. Please run: dmesg > dmesg.out Then attach dmesg.out to the bug (do not drop it into the comments).
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