Ubuntu can't read my USB: "device descriptor read/64, error -110"
Solution 1:
So the error is device descriptor read/64, error -110 which is basically has something to do with power. Your laptop/desktop was not able to supply enough power to the USB.
A solution that has worked for many is shutting down the system, unplug the charger and USB for 5 minutes, replug charger and USB, restart the system.
See:
- usb - device descriptor read/64, error -110 - Stack Overflow
- [SOLVED] USB 2/3 device descriptor read64, error -110
Solution 2:
Unplugging everything worked for me. See my stackoverflow response on the thread 1) mentioned by Ron, copied/pasted here below:
I was running into "error -110" messages for my Inateck dual bay USB 3.0 to SATA device (amazon link). This fixed it for me:
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shutdown -h now(turn off the computer) - Unplug USB device from computer.
- Unplug power cord to back of the computer.
- Unplug power to Inateck - pull wall wart plug from wall socket.
- Noticed there was a green glowing LED on the Inateck wall wart; waited for that to go dark.
- Waited ~3min total.
- Plugged everything back in and booted up.
Worked liked a charm.
Note: Previously I tried just unplugging the computer and letting it sit for a while; that didn't work. I had to unplug the USB from the computer and the usb device power adapter from the wall.
Must be something with USB power provisioning/negotiation?
Solution 3:
The device descriptor read/64, error -110 means that USB port power supply was exceeded. Try again using all of the other sockets.
See also the answers on StackOverflow and SuperUser.
Solution 4:
Having struggled with this error for a long time, up until the machine became nearly unbootable, could not restart and showed all kind of erratic behaviour. I checked the innerparts and found a faulty hardiskconnector. The sata-mold appeared to be broken. After replacing the connector all is well! So, it does not have to be a faulty usb port at all.
Solution 5:
On my machine, this occurs randomly every 3-5 days. Today I was able to fix the issue without reboot by first plugging out all USB-connectors, then waiting for some time (maybe ~a minute). Then I replugged the connectors in first to the USB-2 connectors. The issue persisted. Then I detached the connectors, and attached them to USB 3 connectors which probably have different bus/chipset, and managed to get the devices to work (mouse, keyboard).