Hello,

Apologies for sending this to the list but I am not sure about who is the 
maintainer: It is a USB (HID) specific problem but the error messages are 
coming from the base bus.c driver.

Full problem details follow.

Thank you in advance,

  Costas

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Problem:

[1.] One line summary of the problem:
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop (USB) will not work although recognized.


[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
System is a fresh Debian Sarge installation. Host computer is a Toshiba 
M10 laptop (no PS/2 ports...). Keyboard/mouse set is the following:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=028
I have found 2 reports on the web stating that it will work with PS/2, but 
it does not work with USB. I have been using other wireless USB 
keyboard/mouse sets (e.g. Logitech's) without any problem whatsoever. This 
  one's behaviour is the following:
* When connected with the host computer already on:
   - Device is recognized, then keeps connecting/disconnecting. Even when
     seemingly connected, it will not respond to clicks. The log is the
     following:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jul 28 12:44:00 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using 
address 71
Jul 28 12:44:00 localhost usb.agent[17103]:      usbhid: already loaded
Jul 28 12:44:00 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb 
status -84 received
Jul 28 12:44:00 localhost input.agent[17142]:      evdev: already loaded
Jul 28 12:44:00 localhost input.agent[17171]:      evdev: already loaded
Jul 28 12:44:00 localhost input.agent[17171]:      joydev: already loaded
Jul 28 12:44:00 localhost kernel: input: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Microsft 
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop� 2.10] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
Jul 28 12:44:01 localhost kernel: usbhid: probe of 1-1:1.1 failed with 
error -5
Jul 28 12:44:01 localhost usb.agent[17211]:      usbhid: already loaded
Jul 28 12:44:01 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 71
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     The above message is repeated endlessly, causing the host computer to
     slow down significantly. When the USB received is disconnected from
     the USB port (physically disconnected), everything's back to normal.
     The address mentioned on the first and last line is incremented by
     one in each message.

* When set is connected to the host computer before it switches on:
   - The keyboard is actually working (checked it on the boot loader menu).
     As soon as it is first recognized during the boot-up process, behavior
     is identical to the previous case.


[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
USB, Wireless desktop, Microsoft, keyboard, mouse


[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
Linux version 2.6.8-2-686 (horms@tabatha.lab.ultramonkey.org) (gcc version 
3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-12)) #1 Thu May 19 17:53:30 JST 2005


[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
      resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
Does not apply.


[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
      problem (if possible)
Does not apply.


[7.] Environment

[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
Linux gimp 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Thu May 19 17:53:30 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

Gnu C                  3.3.5
Gnu make               3.80
binutils               2.16.1
util-linux             2.12p
mount                  2.12p
module-init-tools      3.2-pre1
e2fsprogs              1.37
pcmcia-cs              3.2.5
PPP                    2.4.3
Linux C Library        2.3.2
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.3.2
Procps                 3.2.5
Net-tools              1.60
Console-tools          0.2.3
Sh-utils               5.2.1
Modules Loaded         ds lp toshiba_acpi ipv6 af_packet parport_pc 
parport irtty_sir sir_dev irda crc_ccitt pcspkr snd_intel8x0m slamr 
snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer 
snd_page_alloc gameport snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd 
soundcore pci_hotplug intel_agp agpgart joydev usbhid ehci_hcd uhci_hcd 
usbcore eth1394 ipw2100 firmware_class ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt e100 mii 
yenta_socket pcmcia_core ohci1394 mousedev capability evdev tsdev 
commoncap battery ac sr_mod sbp2 ieee1394 psmouse ide_cd cdrom rtc isofs 
reiserfs ext2 ext3 jbd mbcache ide_generic ide_disk piix ide_core sd_mod 
ata_piix libata scsi_mod unix font vesafb cfbcopyarea cfbimgblt cfbfillrect


[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 9
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 1596.137
cache size      : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca 
cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe tm2 est
bogomips        : 3162.11


[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
ds 18756 4 - Live 0xe0e03000
lp 11176 0 - Live 0xe0dd7000
toshiba_acpi 6012 0 - Live 0xe0ddb000
ipv6 264740 8 - Live 0xe0ef8000
af_packet 22568 2 - Live 0xe0d52000
parport_pc 36900 1 - Live 0xe0df1000
parport 41800 2 lp,parport_pc, Live 0xe0de5000
irtty_sir 9152 0 - Live 0xe0dd3000
sir_dev 19244 1 irtty_sir, Live 0xe0d85000
irda 197120 2 irtty_sir,sir_dev, Live 0xe0e11000
crc_ccitt 2144 1 irda, Live 0xe0d50000
pcspkr 3592 0 - Live 0xe0d44000
snd_intel8x0m 20264 0 - Live 0xe0d7f000
slamr 376868 2 - Live 0xe0e4e000
snd_intel8x0 36460 1 - Live 0xe0d8b000
snd_ac97_codec 69988 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0, Live 0xe0dc0000
snd_pcm_oss 55080 0 - Live 0xe0db1000
snd_mixer_oss 20096 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xe0d79000
snd_pcm 98728 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xe0d97000
snd_timer 25732 1 snd_pcm, Live 0xe0d71000
snd_page_alloc 11752 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm, Live 0xe0cc6000
gameport 4704 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xe0cd7000
snd_mpu401_uart 7968 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xe0cca000
snd_rawmidi 25124 1 snd_mpu401_uart, Live 0xe0d59000
snd_seq_device 8200 1 snd_rawmidi, Live 0xe0d3e000
snd 57156 12 
snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device, 
Live 0xe0d
62000
soundcore 10336 1 snd, Live 0xe0d3a000
pci_hotplug 34640 0 - Live 0xe0d46000
intel_agp 22816 1 - Live 0xe0ca4000
agpgart 34664 1 intel_agp, Live 0xe0ccd000
joydev 9984 0 - Live 0xe0c17000
usbhid 32224 0 - Live 0xe0c6a000
ehci_hcd 32004 0 - Live 0xe0c74000
uhci_hcd 33136 0 - Live 0xe0cb7000
usbcore 119012 5 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd, Live 0xe0cda000
eth1394 21576 0 - Live 0xe0c1b000
ipw2100 151468 0 - Live 0xe0c7e000
firmware_class 10176 1 ipw2100, Live 0xe0beb000
ieee80211 40804 1 ipw2100, Live 0xe0cac000
ieee80211_crypt 6056 2 ipw2100,ieee80211, Live 0xe0bd7000
e100 32608 0 - Live 0xe0be2000
mii 5120 1 e100, Live 0xe0bbf000
yenta_socket 21728 0 - Live 0xe0bb8000
pcmcia_core 70868 2 ds,yenta_socket, Live 0xe0bc4000
ohci1394 35492 0 - Live 0xe0b9c000
mousedev 10476 2 - Live 0xe0ab6000
capability 4520 0 - Live 0xe0ac2000
evdev 9600 0 - Live 0xe0abe000
tsdev 7392 0 - Live 0xe0959000
commoncap 7232 1 capability, Live 0xe0953000
battery 9388 0 - Live 0xe0aba000
ac 4812 0 - Live 0xe0956000
sr_mod 17316 0 - Live 0xe0ab0000
sbp2 24392 0 - Live 0xe0aa9000
ieee1394 111512 3 eth1394,ohci1394,sbp2, Live 0xe0aca000
psmouse 20360 0 - Live 0xe08cb000
ide_cd 42656 0 - Live 0xe0943000
cdrom 40732 2 sr_mod,ide_cd, Live 0xe08f9000
rtc 12760 0 - Live 0xe085a000
isofs 37272 0 - Live 0xe08ee000
reiserfs 250992 2 - Live 0xe095c000
ext2 71880 0 - Live 0xe0904000
ext3 127240 0 - Live 0xe0881000
jbd 62616 1 ext3, Live 0xe08dd000
mbcache 9348 2 ext2,ext3, Live 0xe0820000
ide_generic 1408 0 - Live 0xe08a5000
ide_disk 19296 4 - Live 0xe08d2000
piix 13440 1 - Live 0xe08d8000
ide_core 139940 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,piix, Live 0xe08a7000
sd_mod 21728 0 - Live 0xe0841000
ata_piix 8132 0 - Live 0xe0828000
libata 41700 1 ata_piix, Live 0xe0848000
scsi_mod 125228 4 sr_mod,sbp2,sd_mod,libata, Live 0xe0861000
unix 28756 287 - Live 0xe0831000
font 8320 0 - Live 0xe0824000
vesafb 6656 0 - Live 0xe0819000
cfbcopyarea 3872 1 vesafb, Live 0xe081e000
cfbimgblt 3040 1 vesafb, Live 0xe081c000
cfbfillrect 3776 1 vesafb, Live 0xe0800000


[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
IOPORTS:
0000-001f : dma1
0020-0021 : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-0077 : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00a1 : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0376-0376 : ide1
0378-037a : parport0
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial
0778-077a : parport0
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
1000-101f : 0000:00:1d.2
   1000-101f : uhci_hcd
1040-107f : 0000:00:1f.5
1080-10ff : 0000:00:1f.6
   1080-10ff : ICH4
1400-14ff : 0000:00:1f.5
1800-18ff : 0000:00:1f.6
   1800-18ff : ICH4
4000-40ff : PCI CardBus #03
4400-44ff : PCI CardBus #03
4800-48ff : PCI CardBus #07
4c00-4cff : PCI CardBus #07
bfa0-bfaf : 0000:00:1f.1
   bfa0-bfa7 : ide0
   bfa8-bfaf : ide1
cf40-cf7f : 0000:02:08.0
   cf40-cf7f : e100
d800-d87f : 0000:00:1f.0
eec0-eeff : 0000:00:1f.0
ef80-ef9f : 0000:00:1d.1
   ef80-ef9f : uhci_hcd
efe0-efff : 0000:00:1d.0
   efe0-efff : uhci_hcd

IOMEM:
00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000cffff : Video ROM
000e0000-000eedff : reserved
000eee00-000eefff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-1ffcffff : System RAM
   00100000-00283f92 : Kernel code
   00283f93-00330adf : Kernel data
1ffd0000-1ffdffff : ACPI Tables
1ffe0000-1fffffff : reserved
20000000-200003ff : 0000:00:1d.7
   20000000-200003ff : ehci_hcd
20000400-200007ff : 0000:00:1f.1
20000800-200009ff : 0000:00:1f.5
   20000800-200009ff : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - AC'97
20000a00-20000aff : 0000:00:1f.5
   20000a00-20000aff : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - Controller
20000c00-20000dff : 0000:02:0d.0
20001000-200017ff : 0000:02:07.0
   20001000-200017ff : ohci1394
20002000-20002fff : 0000:02:0b.0
   20002000-20002fff : yenta_socket
20003000-20003fff : 0000:02:0b.1
   20003000-20003fff : yenta_socket
20004000-20007fff : 0000:02:07.0
20400000-207fffff : PCI CardBus #03
20800000-20bfffff : PCI CardBus #03
20c00000-20ffffff : PCI CardBus #07
21000000-213fffff : PCI CardBus #07
dbf00000-dfffffff : PCI Bus #01
   dbf80000-dbffffff : 0000:01:00.0
   dc000000-dfffffff : 0000:01:00.0
e0000000-efffffff : 0000:00:00.0
fcefe000-fcefefff : 0000:02:0a.0
   fcefe000-fcefefff : ipw2100
fceff000-fcefffff : 0000:02:08.0
   fceff000-fcefffff : e100
fd000000-fdffffff : PCI Bus #01
   fd000000-fdffffff : 0000:01:00.0
feda0000-fedbffff : reserved
ffb80000-ffbfffff : reserved
fff00000-ffffffff : reserved


[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
Attached.


[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
No SCSI devices attached.


[7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
        (please look in /proc and include all information that you
        think to be relevant):
In /proc/bus/usb/devices, when receiver is attached, there are the 
following extra lines:
T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 54 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=045e ProdID=009d Rev= 0.38
C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=usbhid
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms