Just did a clean install of mythbuntu 12.04 yesterday on a brand new machine. ASRock Z77 Extreme4 with Intel video chipset, 8gb ram.
I'm seeing google references to this as a USB 3 issue in this driver but as I'm using stock 12.04 I wanted to at least get a bug ref for ubuntu.
Entire dmesg is filled with:
[22822.772021] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: ERROR no room on ep ring
[22822.772024] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: ERROR no room on ep ring
[22822.772027] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: ERROR no room on ep ring
[22822.772030] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: ERROR no room on ep ring
[22822.772034] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: ERROR no room on ep ring
[22822.772037] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: ERROR no room on ep ring
Information about my system:
root@mythtv:~# uname -a
Linux mythtv 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@mythtv:~# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 0100
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 0102
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 54
Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e31
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
Memory at f7f00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e3a
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 53
Memory at f7f1a000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [8c] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Kernel driver in use: mei
Kernel modules: mei
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e2d
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f7f18000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1898
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 55
Memory at f7f10000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: dfb00000-dfcfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000dfd00000-00000000dfefffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e10
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: f7e00000-f7efffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e16
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f7d00000-f7dfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f4200000-00000000f42fffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e18
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f40fffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e1a
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f7c00000-f7cfffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e1e
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e26
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at f7f17000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e44
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e02
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
I/O ports at f0b0 [size=8]
I/O ports at f0a0 [size=4]
I/O ports at f090 [size=8]
I/O ports at f080 [size=4]
I/O ports at f060 [size=32]
Memory at f7f16000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0
Capabilities: [b0] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1e22
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at f7f15000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at f040 [size=32]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
02:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 0612
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
I/O ports at e050 [size=8]
I/O ports at e040 [size=4]
I/O ports at e030 [size=8]
I/O ports at e020 [size=4]
I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
Memory at f7e00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Kernel driver in use: ahci
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57781 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 96b1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f4210000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
Memory at f4200000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at f7d00000 [disabled] [size=2K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=5 Masked-
Capabilities: [ac] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Device Serial Number 00-00-bc-5f-f4-56-ce-ab
Capabilities: [150] Power Budgeting <?>
Capabilities: [160] Virtual Channel
Kernel driver in use: tg3
Kernel modules: tg3
04:00.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=04, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f40fffff
Capabilities: [c0] Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1080
05:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: Avermedia Technologies Inc AverTV DVB-T
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at f4001000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: bttv
Kernel modules: bttv
05:00.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: Avermedia Technologies Inc AVerTV DVB-T
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: bt878
Kernel modules: bt878
05:01.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) Video Decoder (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR 150
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ivtv
Kernel modules: ivtv
06:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1042
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at f7c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [68] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=8 Masked-
Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Best Answer
This bug is already reported at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/883646.
You can mark yourself as affected by clicking on the yellow icon besides the text Does this bug affect you?, and then clicking on Yes, it affects me.
A workaround is suggested here, which suggests plugging a USB 2.0 device in the USB 3.0 port during startup.
Update: Instructions for installing a newer kernel. (see comments for the reason for posting this).
Assumption: You're using a 64-bit machine.
Go to http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.4-precise/ and download the following files (or simply click on them):
Then, just install them:
For more information, go here: http://blog.hostonnet.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-3-4-0-on-ubuntu-12-04-11-10.