Dear all,
I am having some strange problems with my USB external disks, since that I
have bought a new one.
I used to have:
- a 80 Gb drive which I usually carry around with a lot of data on it. (on
FAT32, because I also need it at work (Windows))
- a 200 Gb drive which I have constantly connected as a backup drive (with
ext3).
Now I have a additional 300 Gb drive to replace the backup drive with ext3. I
would like to use the 80 and 200 Gb with FAT32 on them to carry around and
back them up on the 300 Gb. They all sit on the USB 2.0 controller.
But now the trouble starts...
Several problems occur:
a) It starts when I try to copy a large amount of data (lots of Mb's and lots
of files) from the 80 Gb drive to the 200 Gb drive. Somehow, rsync or
programs like midnight commander lock up.
b) The same thing happens when I copy a large amount of data from the 300 Gb
to itself (in another directory).
Somehow, earlier I managed to get all my data from the 200 Gb drive to the 300
Gb without any problem. It seems to me that the problem is not related to any
of the drives or the file-systems.
c) When I try to shut down, X Windows quits, but Linux wont shut down.
Commands like shutdown, reboot, poweroff, ctrl-alt-del and the power switch
anounce shut down, but do nothing. Only a blunt pulling the plug seems to
work. Killing processes like usb-storage do not seem to work either. Note
that the system keeps running.
d) A strange which seems to happen, when I for instance only connect the 300
Gb drive, let it lock up by transferring a lot of data, but then connect one
of the other drives after attempting shutdown. Output of the detection gets
dumped on the console with the correct information about the USB device. So,
it seems that Linux detects a new USB connection properly.
My conclusion so far:
- It is not the drives.
- It is not the file-systems
- It is not the usb-controller (since it seems to keep working)
But somehow the process locks up with a large amount of data. Does anyone know
what could be wrong? Or how to further test this problem to find out what is
wrong? Or perhaps knows what I am doing wrong?
I have googled, searched the list archives and did a lot of testing, but I am
still in the dark. Also the logs do not show anything odd.
If somebody could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeroen
Some info on my system:
PIV 1.4 Ghz, 768 Mb RAM, USB2.0 controller
$ uname -r
2.6.10-2.3.legacy_FC2
# ./lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
00:0c.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0c.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0c.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 1b)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX
400] (rev b2)
# ./lsusb -v
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.10-2.3.legacy_FC2 ohci_hcd
iProduct 2 OHCI Host Controller
iSerial 1 0000:00:0c.1
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 bytes 2 once
bInterval 255
Hub Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 41
nNbrPorts 2
wHubCharacteristic 0x0002
No power switching (usb 1.0)
Ganged overcurrent protection
bPwrOn2PwrGood 15 * 2 milli seconds
bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere
DeviceRemovable 0xbf
PortPwrCtrlMask 0x2a
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.10-2.3.legacy_FC2 ohci_hcd
iProduct 2 OHCI Host Controller
iSerial 1 0000:00:0c.0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 bytes 2 once
bInterval 255
Hub Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 41
nNbrPorts 3
wHubCharacteristic 0x0002
No power switching (usb 1.0)
Ganged overcurrent protection
bPwrOn2PwrGood 15 * 2 milli seconds
bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere
DeviceRemovable 0xbf
PortPwrCtrlMask 0x2a
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0402:5621 ALi Corp.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0402 ALi Corp.
idProduct 0x5621
bcdDevice 1.12
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 1 USB 2.0 Storage Device
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 bytes 512 once
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 bytes 512 once
bInterval 1
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 04b4:6830 Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x04b4 Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
idProduct 0x6830
bcdDevice 0.01
iManufacturer 56
iProduct 58
iSerial 60 D
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 bytes 512 once
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x88 EP 8 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 bytes 512 once
bInterval 0
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 05e3:0605 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 1 Single TT
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x05e3 Genesys Logic, Inc.
idProduct 0x0605
bcdDevice 6.0b
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 1 USB2.0 Hub
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xe0
Self Powered
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0001 bytes 1 once
bInterval 12
Hub Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 41
nNbrPorts 4
wHubCharacteristic 0x00e9
Per-port power switching
Per-port overcurrent protection
TT think time 32 FS bits
Port indicators
bPwrOn2PwrGood 50 * 2 milli seconds
bHubContrCurrent 100 milli Ampere
DeviceRemovable 0xbf
PortPwrCtrlMask 0x2a
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 1 Single TT
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.10-2.3.legacy_FC2 ehci_hcd
iProduct 2 EHCI Host Controller
iSerial 1 0000:00:0c.2
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xe0
Self Powered
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 bytes 2 once
bInterval 12
Hub Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 41
nNbrPorts 5
wHubCharacteristic 0x0009
Per-port power switching
Per-port overcurrent protection
TT think time 8 FS bits
bPwrOn2PwrGood 10 * 2 milli seconds
bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere
DeviceRemovable 0xbf
PortPwrCtrlMask 0x2a
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.10-2.3.legacy_FC2 uhci_hcd
iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller
iSerial 1 0000:00:11.4
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 bytes 2 once
bInterval 255
Hub Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 41
nNbrPorts 2
wHubCharacteristic 0x000a
No power switching (usb 1.0)
Per-port overcurrent protection
bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds
bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere
DeviceRemovable 0xbf
PortPwrCtrlMask 0x2a
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.10-2.3.legacy_FC2 uhci_hcd
iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller
iSerial 1 0000:00:11.3
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 bytes 2 once
bInterval 255
Hub Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 41
nNbrPorts 2
wHubCharacteristic 0x000a
No power switching (usb 1.0)
Per-port overcurrent protection
bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds
bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere
DeviceRemovable 0xbf
PortPwrCtrlMask 0x2a
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c506 Logitech, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x046d Logitech, Inc.
idProduct 0xc506
bcdDevice 16.00
iManufacturer 1 Logitech
iProduct 2 USB Receiver
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 34
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xa0
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 50mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Devices
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 2 Mouse
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.10
bCountryCode 0
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 84
cannot get report descriptor
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 bytes 8 once
bInterval 10
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.10-2.3.legacy_FC2 uhci_hcd
iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller
iSerial 1 0000:00:11.2
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 bytes 2 once
bInterval 255
Hub Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 41
nNbrPorts 2
wHubCharacteristic 0x000a
No power switching (usb 1.0)
Per-port overcurrent protection
bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds
bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere
DeviceRemovable 0xbf
PortPwrCtrlMask 0x2a
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
contents of fstab:
the 300 Gb is mounted at boot time as /backup, the others as /backup2
and /storage
-------------------------
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660
noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660
noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/sda1 /backup ext3 user,suid,sync,exec,nodev 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
/dev/sdb /mnt/usbext vfat user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /storage vfat user,suid,exec,nodev,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /backup2 vfat user,suid,dev,exec,noauto 0 0
