unable to enumerate USB device on port 1

[joakim at verona.se]

John Mandereau <john.mandereau at gmail.com> writes:

> joakim at verona.se a écrit :
>> usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 79
>> usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
>> usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
>> usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 80
>> usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
>> usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
>> usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 81
>> usb 4-1: device not accepting address 81, error -71
>> usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 82
>> usb 4-1: device not accepting address 82, error -71
>> hub 4-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
>> 
>> I had this issue before, but only sporadically. Now I get it nearly
>> always. What can I do? Will connecting a network adaptor to the
>> freerunner in host mode be more reliable?
>
> You may want to try another USB wire.  I recently had "device descriptor 
> read/64, error -71" failures with the wire shipped with my USB external hard 
> disk happen with both the hard disk and the FreeRunner.  The USB wire 
> shipped with the FreeRunner works with both the hard disk and the 
> FreeRunner; so I suppose this kind of error is the fault of the wire.

I tried several wires already. More hints?

>
> Best,
> John Mandereau
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Joakim Verona