USB error -110 or -71 is presented whenever a USB device is connected to a RHEL system
Issue
- Connecting a USB device to a RHEL system results in the following error in /var/log/messages:
usb x-x: device descriptor read/64, error -110
kernel: usb 3-9: new high speed USB device number 16 using xhci_hcd
kernel: usb 3-9: device descriptor read/64, error -71
kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Setup ERROR: setup context command for slot 26.
kernel: usb 3-9: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 6
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