USB mouse not working on 8.0-RELEASE

[Ondřej Majerech]

2009/11/23 Ondřej Majerech <oxyd.oxyd at gmail.com>:
> 2009/11/23 Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net>:
>> On Monday 23 November 2009 19:04:22 Ondřej Majerech wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've just upgraded my box to 8.0-RELEASE (FreeBSD starlight
>>> 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #9: Mon Nov 23 17:52:12 CET 2009
>>> root at starlight:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STARLIGHT  i386) via csup'ing to
>>> RELENG_8_0 and the usual suite of buildworld, buildkernel,
>>> installkernel, mergemaster -p, installworld, mergemaster.
>>>
>>> My USB mouse doesn't work now.  While booting, I can see error
>>> messages from the USB part of the kernel; the same messages also
>>> reappear when I disconnect and reconnect the thing.  They read the
>>> following: (Grabbed from /var/log/messages after having dis- and
>>> re-connected the mouse.)
>>>
>>> Nov 23 18:54:19 starlight kernel: usb_alloc_device:1586: set address 2
>>> failed (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT, ignored)
>>> Nov 23 18:54:20 starlight kernel: usb_alloc_device:1624: getting
>>> device descriptor at addr 2 failed, USB_ERR_TIMEOUT!
>>> Nov 23 18:54:21 starlight kernel: usbd_req_re_enumerate:1539: addr=2,
>>> set address failed! (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT, ignored)
>>> Nov 23 18:54:22 starlight kernel: usbd_req_re_enumerate:1553: getting
>>> device descriptor at addr 2 failed, USB_ERR_TIMEOUT!
>>> Nov 23 18:54:24 starlight kernel: usbd_req_re_enumerate:1539: addr=2,
>>> set address failed! (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT, ignored)
>>> Nov 23 18:54:25 starlight kernel: usbd_req_re_enumerate:1553: getting
>>> device descriptor at addr 2 failed, USB_ERR_TIMEOUT!
>>> Nov 23 18:54:25 starlight kernel: ugen0.2: <(null)> at usbus0
>>> (disconnected) Nov 23 18:54:25 starlight kernel: uhub_reattach_port:435:
>>> could not allocate new device!
>>>
>>> The mouse was working without any problems whatsoever on 8.0-RC3 and
>>> all older FBSD versions that I used.
>>>
>>> Other USB devices work as they should, without producing anything
>>> unusual in dmesg.
>>>
>>> So, what's up?  Any clues?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This looks like a regression issue. There has been some changes with regard to
>> USB legacy support handling. Try disabling USB legacy support in the BIOS or
>> try to see if the problem is present in a 9-current kernel.
>>
>> Thanks for reporting your issue!
>>
>> --HPS
>>
>>
>
> The only option in my BIOS regarding legacy USB is "Legacy USB storage
> detect" -- I set this one to Disabled and booted with the mouse
> disabled -- when I connected it to the running system, it got detected
> properly, but it simply wouldn't work in X.
>
> When I rebooted with the mouse plugged in, the same thing as before
> happened -- error messages during boot, and un- and re-plugging
> produced the same errors.
>
> I'll try 9-CURRENT sometime tomorrow and report back how that turned out.
>
> ~ Ondra
>

Alright, I tried with 9-CURRENT and indeed, it works without problems.

So, shall I file a bug?  I'd prefer to continue using -RELEASE, but
I'd also like to have my mouse working. x)

~ Ondra