Re: Floppy

[Sandy Pond <sandy_pond myrealbox com>]

On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 15:05 +0100, Alexander Bussman wrote:
> On Monday 01 March 2004 14.40, Sandy Pond wrote:
> > Do you have a usb memory card reader (camera cards, mp3 cards, etc)
> > attached to your computer?  If so what model, type?  Does it still do it
> > when you disconnect the usb card reader?  Check /var/log/messages for
> > periodic messages (menu System Tools->System Logs then pick System Log).
> 
> No I don't have any usb memory card reader.
> I have two usb devices attached though (one mouse and one gamepad).
> So is this problem usb related?
> The gamepad is disconnecting and reattaching from time to time, for a unknown 
> reason.
> 
> This is from /var/log/messages (regarding the gamepad):
> Mar  1 14:39:24 zstudios kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 7
> Mar  1 14:39:25 zstudios kernel: drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status 
> -32 received
> Mar  1 14:39:25 zstudios kernel: input: USB HID v1.00 Gamepad [Gravis GamePad 
> Pro USB ] on usb-0000:00:11.2-2
> 

Yep.  I'd be curious what kind of errors you get if you go into your
BIOS and disable the floppy controller (if you can ... different than
selecting "none").