Ubuntu won't start with "device descriptor read/64, error -32", what does this message mean?

Solution 1:

[23.359845]usb 1-1.5:device descriptor read/64, error -32

This is a hardware error you see it with some USB device. Is at random as it could get.

USB has an over-current protection, which gets triggered when power consumption from the port is too high. (Triggering this error)

You can try unplugging all devices and trying again after a minute or two.

Sources:

http://paulphilippov.com/articles/how-to-fix-device-not-accepting-address-error
https://web.archive.org/web/20150802161132/https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=5423.0