I moduli vengono caricati, invio l'entry di syslog relativa alla questione:
kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using address 2
kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-1: device not accepting address 2, error -110
kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using address 3
kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using address 3
kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-1: device not accepting address 3, error -110
kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using address 4
kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-1: device not accepting address 4, error -110
kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using address 5
kernel: usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-2: device not accepting address 5, error -110
kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using address 6
kernel: usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-2: device not accepting address 6, error -110
kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: port 2 reset error -110
kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: port 2 reset error -110
kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using address 7
kernel: usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out
kernel: usb 1-2: device not accepting address 7, error -110
kernel: usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out
kernel classe 2.6.x ha problemi con le porte USB; Sovrapposizione di IRQ; Gestione ACPI errata.
Personalmente punterei sull'ultima, peraltro indicata dalla stessa Mandrake nella sezione 'Errata'.
Quindi, per risolvere il problema, devi passare il parametro acpi=off al kernel modificando il bootloader.
Dopo il boot, digitare i seguenti comandi
modprobe -r ehci-hcd modprobe ehci-hcd
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