wireless usb network adapter problem

[John Bowden]

On Sunday 17 February 2008 03:38:25 Chris Lemire wrote:
> I'm trying to use a wireless usb network adapter on another computer
> running Debian 4.0. It is stable right now, but I plan on upgrading it to
> testing. I've used this wireless network adapter on other computers before,
> and it works just fine with ndiswrapper as long as I'm not using 64 bit
> Linux. When I plug it into the computer, the green light does not come on,
> and lsusb does not show it. I've tried both usb ports with the same
> results. dmesg shows this after unplugging it and plugging it into another
> usb port.
>
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 95
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 96
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 97
> usb 1-1: device not accepting address 97, error -71
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 98
> usb 1-1: device not accepting address 98, error -71
> ndiswrapper version 1.51 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
> usbcore: registered new driver ndiswrapper
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 99
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 100
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 101
> usb 1-1: device not accepting address 101, error -71
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 102
> usb 1-1: device not accepting address 102, error -71
> debian:~#
>
> I guess that info is useless, but it shows that Linux can see something is
> being plugged into the usb port though it can't distinguish what it is.
> What's the solution to this problem?
>
>
> Christopher Lemire <christopher.lemire at gmail.com>
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Just a guess are you plugging a USB2 device into a USB1 socket? what is the 
model / make of the USB network adaptor?

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