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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is my mobo incompatible with Linux?
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:03
Message-Id: CAA2qdGXMPsj+7JN_7c+Z4qzWVQkrW93u7S4hm6=SWdMNgndxgg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is my mobo incompatible with Linux? by covici@ccs.covici.com
1 On Feb 24, 2012 11:37 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Hi. I have a Supermicro c7P67-o motherboard and I have another system
4 > using windows with no problems. However, when I am trying to use the
5 > board with gentoo -- various kernels -- including 3.2.6-gentoo -- I am
6 > having lots of problems with USB. The board has two usb3 connectors and
7 > most of the time when I plug a usb3 enclosure into one of those, I get
8 > lots of errors such as
9 > Feb 23 10:27:31 ccs kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:04:00.0: Timeout while waiting
10 > for address device command
11 > Feb 23 10:27:31 ccs kernel: usb 3-1: device not accepting address 2,
12 > error -62
13 >
14 > Once in a while if I reboot I can get it to work, but usually not. Now
15 > usb2 works for about a day or so and then either slows way down or the
16 > drive is just not seen at all. In those cases there are no log messages
17 > at all to give any hint.
18 >
19 > So, does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening -- the
20 > Supermicro people have noclue whatsoever.
21 >
22 > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
23 >
24
25 It's non-reproducible, so I expect a mobo going bad.
26
27 Rgds,