On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:57:19 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote:
Apr 23 22:39:26 zooty kernel: [ 696.061086] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 Apr 23 22:39:26 zooty kernel: [ 696.257079] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -71 Apr 23 22:39:26 zooty kernel: [ 696.559082] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -71 Apr 23 22:39:26 zooty kernel: [ 696.762074] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 Apr 23 22:39:27 zooty kernel: [ 696.957078] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -71 Apr 23 22:39:27 zooty kernel: [ 697.249077] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -71 Apr 23 22:39:27 zooty kernel: [ 697.452060] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 Apr 23 22:39:38 zooty kernel: [ 707.854076] usb 2-3: device not accepting address 7, error -110
So, I finally tracked it down: What these sorts of messages really mean are: "Ouch! This USB device is drawing too much power!".
If I connect it via an external powered hub, it works perfectly.