USB Flash Drive Keeps Initializing

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amckinley · Post by **amckinley** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:41 am

Whenever I plug my USB flashdrive into my gentoo box, the log fills with

Feb 15 00:27:57 helen usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 61
Feb 15 00:27:58 helen usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 62
Feb 15 00:27:58 helen usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 63
Feb 15 00:27:59 helen usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 64
Feb 15 00:27:59 helen usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 65
Feb 15 00:28:00 helen usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 66
Feb 15 00:28:00 helen usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 67
Feb 15 00:28:01 helen usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 68

ad nauesem until reaching 127 and looping back around.

helen austin # uname -a
Linux helen 2.6.14-gentoo-r4 #6 PREEMPT Tue Feb 14 18:52:33 EST 2006 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Any suggestions? The drive works fine with other boxes

LoDown · Post by **LoDown** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:43 am

what kind of flash drive is it? it may be that its chipset does not play well with the driver you have. perhaps search google for info on it related to linux?

amckinley · Post by **amckinley** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:35 pm

It's a kingston DataTraveller 1gb