Comment 0 for bug 1634737

I've been running Ubuntu 16.04 inside a VirtualBox (version 5.1.6 r110634 (Qt5.5.1)) running on Windows 10 Home (version 1607 os build 14393.321) host without any incident until I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.10. I have a USB to Serial converter (pl2303) connected to a development board that is handled by the Ubuntu Linux Kernel. After upgrading to Ubuntu 16.10 the ohci-hcd driver reported that the "frame counter not updated; disabled" followed by "HC died; cleaning up" which would kill my terminal application (kermit) that was connected to the pl2303 device.

When the issue was first noticed, I rebooted the Linux virtual machine and booted the previous kernel (4.4.0-43-generic) and was able to use the pl2303 to communicate to my development board just fine. I switched back to the 4.8.0-22-generic kernel and the ohci-hcd driver reported the same problem.

I looked at the differences between the ohci-hcd.c and pl2303.[ch] drivers between 4.9-rc1 and the 4.4.0 linux kernels and the pl2303.[ch] files didn't have any changes, and only a couple of changes were made to ohci-hcd.c but nothing that would indicate an issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: linux-image-4.8.0-22-generic 4.8.0-22.24
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k4.8.0-22-generic.
AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
Card0.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'amixer'
Card0.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'amixer'
Date: Tue Oct 18 22:30:12 2016
HibernationDevice: RESUME=/dev/mapper/cartman--vg-swap_1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-02 (808 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.3)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 vboxdrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.8.0-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname--vg-root ro nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.8.0-22-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.8.0-22-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.161
RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-15 (3 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.board.version: 1.2
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH