[Novalug] usb sticks

[Julia Christianson]

donjr wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 00:35 -0400, Julia Christianson wrote:
>
>>I fought a similar battle not too long ago before I realized my hub
>>(or possibly the port it's plugged into) was 1.1, and the new usb
>>device was 2.0 ...
>>
>>-- Julia
> 
> 
> Ok the USB Stick is a "ScanDisk Cruzer Micro 2GB"
>  It does work when plugged directly into either of my portables or my
> OLDER custom frame. I get something to the following effect.
>   "Vendor: SanDisk   Model: U3 Cruzer Micro   Rev: 2.15"
>   [*#1*] {see below}
> 
> When plugged into the "Staples" HUB that is attached to my Desktop I
> get:
> 
> [17581443.544000] usb 4-4.1: USB disconnect, address 20
> [17581484.444000] usb 4-4.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 21
> [17581499.536000] usb 4-4.1: can't set config #1, error -110
> [17581499.608000] usb 4-4.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 22
> [17581502.688000] usb 4-4.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
> [17581517.864000] usb 4-4.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
> [17581518.040000] usb 4-4.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
> [17581528.448000] usb 4-4.1: device not accepting address 23, error -110
> [17581528.520000] usb 4-4.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24
> [17581538.928000] usb 4-4.1: device not accepting address 24, error -110
> [17581888.400000] usb 4-4.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 25
> [17581903.508000] usb 4-4.2: can't set config #1, error -110
> [17581903.580000] usb 4-4.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 26
> [17581906.652000] usb 4-4.2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
> [17581921.836000] usb 4-4.2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
> [17581922.012000] usb 4-4.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 27
> [17581932.420000] usb 4-4.2: device not accepting address 27, error -110
> [17581932.492000] usb 4-4.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 28
> [17581942.900000] usb 4-4.2: device not accepting address 28, error -110
> 
> 
> When I plug my UPS cable into it I get:
> [17581985.136000] usb 4-4.1: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 29
> [17581985.440000] hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [APC Back-UPS ES 725 FW:802.n2.D USB FW:n2] on usb-0000:00:10.3-4.1
> 
> { and of course the software tells me that communication has been
> restored(?). }
> 
> I'll later on try plugging the STICK directly into the DeskTop system
> but it's NOT to easy to get to, which is why the hub is/was attached.
> 
> How do I tell which or what is a 1.1 and what is a 2.0 type device?
> Note one of the portable's and the custom frame are VERY much older then
> the Desktop system.
> 
> [*#1*]
>   The only other thing I really don't like about this STICK is the 
>    ScanDisk supplied drivers for Microsoft that come on the stick.
>    They are the "LaunchU3.exe" based ones from ScanDisk.
> 
>   Anyone know how to REMOVE them from a computer running Microsoft XP
> short of a complete system reinstall.
> 
>   I have gone so far as to REPARTITION and REFORMAT the stick on a Linux
> base system.
>  And if you then plug the stick into a XP system where the drivers{WORM}
> has earlier been installed(?) they will REINSTALL themselves onto the
> stick.
>  Oh by the way, I have searched ScanDisk's support site for information
> on how to UNINSTALL the drivers from an XP based system, but haven't
> found anything.


It's been a while, but yep, your logs look familiar.  My motherboard
is an Asus, iirc, about three or four years old.  I think it came with
six various usb ports internal and external, some 1.1 and some 2.0.
(Why mixed?  No idea.)   You could of course tell which type you're
plugging the hub into by unplugging the hub and sticking the memory
stick directly into the port and see what the logs say.  I'm betting
it will be the same ... but if you dig out the motherboard manual you
may be able to reconfigure the internals to feed 2.0 to that port.
(Don, I know you will have got this far on your own by now but I
thought some onlookers might be interested.)

My device was a Sandisk also, a one-gig titanium, and I have used a
lot of sandisk usb sticks for work and they've all performed without a
hitch.  About the drivers in XP ... I don't think I ever plugged mine
into an XP machine so can't be of much help there.  I know with other
Sandisk sticks I usually just delete everything on the stick under
linux on first use -- I don't want my users to be using the
Windows-only encryption so they won't work when plugged into a linux
machine.  (I would like them to be using some type of encryption that
would be relatively transparent on both platforms, but that's another
thread.)

-- Julia