new usb problem with livna kernel

[jack wallen]

just installed the livna i686 kernel (some of you will remember from
last night). now i'm having a usb problem. i'm getting this error:

usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 71
usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 72
usb 1-3: device not accepting address 72, error -62
usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 73
usb 1-3: device not accepting address 73, error -62

and it just repeats and repeats. i can not sync anything with usb now. 

i haven't searched for a kernel bug but was wondering if anyone knew if
there was a work around?

thanks anyone.

jack