Comments on: USB outage in Dell 700m http://kunxi.org/archives/2006/02/temporary-usb-outage-in-dell-700m/ Yet another code monkey blog. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:07:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Harold L http://kunxi.org/archives/2006/02/temporary-usb-outage-in-dell-700m/comment-page-1/#comment-2628 Harold L Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:13:19 +0000 http://kunxi.org/archives/2006/02/temporary-usb-outage-in-dell-700m/#comment-2628 I've hit this too, and you don't need to reboot to fix it. Removing and re-loading the USB driver / kernel module works for me: sudo rmmod uhci_hcd sudo rmmod ehci_hcd sudo modprobe uhci_hcd Careful if you're relying on an external USB mouse/keyboard because this will disable them temporarily. In that case, make it a script file. I’ve hit this too, and you don’t need to reboot to fix it. Removing and re-loading the USB driver / kernel module works for me:

sudo rmmod uhci_hcd
sudo rmmod ehci_hcd
sudo modprobe uhci_hcd

Careful if you’re relying on an external USB mouse/keyboard because this will disable them temporarily. In that case, make it a script file.

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