I am fighting with a USB CDRW drive that does not quite work, and while unpluging it while it didn't want to be unmounted, I got: May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: GetStatus port 1 status 003802 POWER OWNER sig=j CSC May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: port 1, status 0, change 1, 12 Mb/s May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: GetStatus port 2 status 001002 POWER sig=se0 CSC May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: port 2, status 100, change 1, 12 Mb/s May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 4 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: usb 1-2: usb_disable_device nuking all URBs May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: usb 1-2: unregistering interface 1-2:1.0 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: usb-storage: storage_disconnect() called May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_stop_transport called May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: usb-storage: -- dissociate_dev May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: usb-storage: -- sending exit command to thread May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: ----------- [cut here ] --------- [please bite here ] --------- May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: Kernel BUG at usb:848 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: invalid operand: 0000 [1] SMP May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: CPU 0 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: Pid: 6, comm: khubd Not tainted 2.6.6 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: RIP: 0010:[] {usb_stor_release_resources+83} May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: RSP: 0000:000001003fc9bda8 EFLAGS: 00010202 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: RAX: 0000000000000032 RBX: 000001003c654800 RCX: 0000000000000000 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000100000000 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: RBP: 000001003f419c00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000202 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff80607a60 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: R13: 000001003de01188 R14: 000001003de01188 R15: 000001003faab600 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffffff806f5480(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: CR2: 0000000055569000 CR3: 0000000000101000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: Process khubd (pid: 6, stackpage=10001e73080) May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: Stack: ffffffff80607a20 ffffffff803b8c3b 000001003f419c18 ffffffff80607a60 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: 000001003f419c00 ffffffff803325d3 000001003f419c18 000001003f419c18 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: 000001003de010f0 ffffffff803326fb May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: Call Trace:{usb_unbind_interface+59} {device_release_driver+83} May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: {bus_remove_device+59} {device_del+88} May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: {device_unregister+9} {usb_disable_device+213} May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: {usb_disconnect+210} {hub_port_connect_change+190} May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: {hub_events+510} {hub_thread+37} May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: {default_wake_function+0} {child_rip+8} May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: {hub_thread+0} {child_rip+0} May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: Code: 0f 0b dc d2 52 80 ff ff ff ff 50 03 90 48 c7 83 f0 00 00 00 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: RIP {usb_stor_release_resources+83} RSP <000001003fc9bda8> May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: <3>scsi9 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead device May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: sr1: CDROM (ioctl) error, command: Xpwrite, Read disk info 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: sr: old sense key No Sense May 26 16:35:33 prony kernel: Non-extended sense class 0 code 0x0 May 26 16:35:37 prony kernel: usb-storage: Reset interrupted by disconnect May 26 16:35:37 prony kernel: usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x70000 May 26 16:35:37 prony kernel: usb-storage: *** thread sleeping. Do you need anything else, besides the attached gunziped config.gz? Yours, Florian.