Comment 90 for bug 197762

I also have this issue. Just installed Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid Ibex fresh as a standalone OS on the same exact machine which Windows XP, Vista and 7 were all running on. On the afore mentioned operating systems USB transfer speed was normal 2.0 speed, taking maybe a handful of minutes to transfer a 6 to 7 Gb file from local HDD to USB 2.0 HDD or the other way around. With absolutely no other changes other than changing to the latest stable 8.10 Ubuntu release speeds are now gimped to USB 1.0 speed at < or = 1 megabyte per second. The same exact 7Gb file now takes approximately 2 hours roughly to transfer. Same hardware, same cable, same USB port, only change was Windows to Ubuntu 8.10. Please fix asap. I use USB transfers for large files on a daily basis and this is seriously ruining what has otherwise been a very positive experience (finally) with Linux after a few years of trying several distros over and over. Thanks.