[CentOS] usb 1-2: device not accepting address 2, error -71 - CENTOS 5

[Bob Chiodini]

Indunil Jayasooriya wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I installed CentOS 5 on DELL machine. Then, When the system comes up, 
> I always get below erros.
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> Could you pls help me to solve this out before I setup this box for 
> productiuon use ?
>
> these are errors.
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> usb 1-2: device not accepting address 2, error -71
> ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs)
> ata2: SRST failed (status 0xFF)
> ata2: SRST failed (err_mask=0x100)
> ata2: SRST failed (status 0xFF)
> ata2: SRST failed (err_mask=0x100)
> ata2: SRST failed (status 0xFF)
> ata2: SRST failed (err_mask=0x100)
> ata2: reset failed, giving up
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> I installed centos 4.4 on the same machine. Then I did not get these 
> errors. Then, I updated it to CentOS 4.5. Then also, I did not get 
> those errors?
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> why does it happen to CentOS 5 ?
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> Thank you
> Indunil Jayasooriya
Indunil,

I get the same USB error on a Dell gx270 and FC6.  I also got the ATA 
errors during a couple of the kernel releases.  It was due to incorrect 
handling of an unused ATA controller and was subsequently fixed.  Both 
errors seem innocuous other than having to wait for the ATA timeout. 

For RHEL 5.0:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237016

documents the ATA issue and (for FC6):

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213411

documents the USB issue.

Bob...