Comment 4 for bug 379681

Update: I spoke too soon. The problem occurs intermittently on current lucid (kernel 2.6.32-22-generic).

It failed yesterday. Here's what syslog said when I plugged in the device:

Jun 1 22:19:22 ocelot kernel: [45561.028016] usb 8-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
Jun 1 22:19:22 ocelot kernel: [45561.185029] usb 8-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start: -75
Jun 1 22:19:22 ocelot kernel: [45561.185033] usb 8-1: chopping to 0 config(s)
Jun 1 22:19:22 ocelot kernel: [45561.185123] usb 8-1: no configuration chosen from 0 choices

When I unplugged the device and plugged it back in, it worked:

Jun 1 22:20:50 ocelot kernel: [45649.056016] usb 8-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
Jun 1 22:20:50 ocelot kernel: [45649.214117] usb 8-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jun 1 22:20:50 ocelot kernel: [45649.235032] usb 8-1: string descriptor 0 read error: -75
Jun 1 22:20:50 ocelot kernel: [45649.270985] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
Jun 1 22:20:50 ocelot kernel: [45649.287113] input: HID 045e:0285 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/8-1/8-1:1.0/input/input5
Jun 1 22:20:50 ocelot kernel: [45649.287191] generic-usb 0003:045E:0285.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Joystick [HID 045e:0285] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1/input0
Jun 1 22:20:50 ocelot kernel: [45649.287212] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
Jun 1 22:20:50 ocelot kernel: [45649.287214] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver