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I just got my hands on a IBM Thinkpad T40 with a broken M$ WinXP. I used one of my old Kubuntu Intrepid LiveCDs. When I entered Virtual Console 1, ...
  1. 02-22-2010 #1
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    IBM T40 - kernel log is full of USB errors

    I just got my hands on a IBM Thinkpad T40 with a broken M$ WinXP. I used one of my old Kubuntu Intrepid LiveCDs. When I entered Virtual Console 1, I discovered that the kernel spams my session with errors, forcing me to use KDE Konsole. Later, I discovered that the LiveCD does not install due to read errors, and decided to install LFS. LFS still has that problem, which prevents me from directly booting into it (I don't have X yet, and I can't do a lot on the console with my display getting spammed),

    Here's the bad part from dmesg:
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    $ dmesg | tail -n22
[  988.692070] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 120
[  988.816078] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[  989.044094] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[  989.260075] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 121
[  989.380067] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[  989.608701] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[  989.824085] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 122
[  990.232063] usb 4-1: device not accepting address 122, error -71
[  990.344400] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 123
[  990.752074] usb 4-1: device not accepting address 123, error -71
[  990.754308] hub 4-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[  996.624103] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 124
[  996.748080] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[  996.972088] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[  997.188213] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 125
[  997.308101] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[  997.532068] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[  997.748130] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 126
[  998.156055] usb 4-1: device not accepting address 126, error -71
[  998.268227] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 127
[  998.676059] usb 4-1: device not accepting address 127, error -71
[  998.678292] hub 4-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
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    It sounds like you have some broken hardware, which may have been the cause of the WinXP problems it had.
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rubberman View Post
    It sounds like you have some broken hardware, which may have been the cause of the WinXP problems it had.
    The Broken XP was more like a XP without Ethernet Drivers, not a XP that produces BSoD's. Also the computer is working perfectly (No crashes, and the USB ports work). How can I get rid of these problems?
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