[lug] RHEL6 USB and network issue
Steven Hart
steven.hart at Colorado.EDU
Mon Nov 11 17:42:34 MST 2013
Triedit out and got no change in behavior. Exact same errorsand still no
working keyboard and mouse.
Steve
On 11/11/2013 05:32 PM, Vishal Verma wrote:
> I'd try disabling the autosuspend at this point:
>
> # echo -1 > /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend
>
> And reboot.
>
> -Vishal
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Steven Hart <steven.hart at colorado.edu
> <mailto:steven.hart at colorado.edu>> wrote:
>
> # while :; do lsusb -v > /dev/null; done
>
> results in repeated messages like before: "device descriptor
> read/64, error -32"
>
> the keyboard and mouse still do not work.
>
> # cat /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend
>
> returns: "2"
>
> Thanks for the help! This one is driving me nuts.
>
> cheers
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 11/11/2013 05:16 PM, Maxwell Spangler wrote:
>> On this motherboard, the AMD SB950 chip provides USB 2.0/1.1
>> ports and two separate Etron EJ168 chips provide USB3.0/2.0 ports.
>>
>> Your problem could be the RHEL 6 kernel's drivers putting the AMD
>> USB2 ports into suspend mode. It's probably not doing so on the
>> Etron ports which makes the Etron ports work while the AMD ports
>> don't. If you boot into BIOS and the USB2 ports that further
>> suggests the hardware works but that it's the kernel driver that
>> is the source of your problems.
>>
>> If you execute this
>>
>> # while :; do lsusb -v > /dev/null; done
>>
>> Do the USB2 keyboard and mouse peripherals work properly?
>>
>> What does
>>
>> # cat /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend
>>
>> return?
>>
>> If the loop above resolves your problem, boot with a kernel or
>> module option to disable the usbcore autosupend function and
>> things should work better.
>>
>> If not, tell us more.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> On Mon, 2013-11-11 at 16:37 -0700, Steven Hart wrote:
>>> Another oddity is that when the keyboard and mouse are plugged
>>> into USB2 ports, they work fine in the system BIOS and on the
>>> grub screen. Once booted into the OS (even single user) I get
>>> the above message and they stop working.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> On 11/11/2013 03:55 PM, Steven Hart wrote:
>>>
>>>> Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
>>>> OS = RHEL 6 workstation 64 bit
>>>>
>>>> PROBLEM 1: When I have the USB keyboard and mouse plugged into
>>>> any USB2 port, they do not work and RHEL6 says:
>>>>
>>>> device descriptor read/64, error -32
>>>>
>>>> When I plug the keyboard into the USB3 slot, it works
>>>> normally. I need the USB2 ports to work. I get the same thing
>>>> when I try a USB flash drive as well.
>>>>
>>>> PROBLEM 2: I can't get the on-board NIC to work. I have the
>>>> network settings set manually and correctly as they work on my
>>>> other 55 RHEL6 clients for my subnet. ifconfig shows the
>>>> correct IP but no packets visible. ethtool sees a link
>>>> connected, that it's gig speed, and that it's full duplex.
>>>> That being said, you can't ping the system and the system can't
>>>> ping out.
>>>>
>>>> I usually have very good luck with Gigabyte motherboards right
>>>> out of the box with RHEL6 but this one is pissing me off. I
>>>> have a feeling it's a setting in the BIOS but I've tried the
>>>> optimized defaults as well as just using the legacy settings
>>>> instead of the UEFI settings.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>> --
>>>> Steve Hart
>>>> Systems Administrator
>>>> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
>>>> University of Colorado Boulder
>>>> Steven.Hart at colorado.edu <mailto:Steven.Hart at colorado.edu>
>>>> (303)492-8109 <tel:%28303%29492-8109>
>>>>
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>>> Steve Hart
>>> Systems Administrator
>>> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
>>> University of Colorado Boulder
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>> Maxwell Spangler
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> --
> Steve Hart
> Systems Administrator
> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
> University of Colorado Boulder
> Steven.Hart at colorado.edu <mailto:Steven.Hart at colorado.edu>
> (303)492-8109 <tel:%28303%29492-8109>
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Steve Hart
Systems Administrator
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
University of Colorado Boulder
Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
(303)492-8109
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