Randomly (once a day, none or ten times in an hour) I got this: Oct 13 11:19:55 work mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 27: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4" Oct 13 11:19:55 work mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 27 was not an MTP device Oct 13 11:20:44 work kernel: [ 6972.357596] usb 1-1-port4: disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling... Oct 13 11:20:44 work kernel: [ 6972.357732] usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, device number 27 Oct 13 11:20:45 work kernel: [ 6972.590461] usb 1-1.4: new low-speed USB device number 28 using ehci-pci Oct 13 11:20:45 work kernel: [ 6972.686106] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=093a, idProduct=2516 Oct 13 11:20:45 work kernel: [ 6972.686112] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Oct 13 11:20:45 work kernel: [ 6972.686115] usb 1-1.4: Product: USB OPTICAL MOUSE Oct 13 11:20:45 work kernel: [ 6972.690293] input: USB OPTICAL MOUSE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:093A:2516.001D/input/input44 Oct 13 11:20:45 work kernel: [ 6972.690562] hid-generic 0003:093A:2516.001D: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [USB OPTICAL MOUSE] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.4/input0 Oct 13 11:20:45 work mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 28: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4" Oct 13 11:20:45 work mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 28 was not an MTP device The mouse stops to work until physically reconnect. The mouse: Bus 001 Device 023: ID 093a:2516 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 8 idVendor 0x093a Pixart Imaging, Inc. idProduct 0x2516 bcdDevice 1.00 iManufacturer 0 iProduct 2 iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 34 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 4 bmAttributes 0xa0 (Bus Powered) Remote Wakeup bmAttributes 0xa0 (Bus Powered) Remote Wakeup MaxPower 100mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 1 bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 2 Mouse iInterface 0 HID Device Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 33 bcdHID 1.11 bCountryCode 0 Not supported bNumDescriptors 1 bDescriptorType 34 Report wDescriptorLength 79 Report Descriptors: ** UNAVAILABLE ** Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes bInterval 10 when mouse is disappeared: $ lsusb Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05e3:0723 Genesys Logic, Inc. GL827L SD/MMC/MS Flash Card Reader Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 047f:c010 Plantronics, Inc. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub After reconnect: $ lsusb Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05e3:0723 Genesys Logic, Inc. GL827L SD/MMC/MS Flash Card Reader Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 028: ID 093a:2516 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 047f:c010 Plantronics, Inc. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub I found this: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=864077 which is similar to my problem $ apt list --installed | grep mtp libmtp-common/xenial,xenial,now 1.1.10-2ubuntu1 all [installed] libmtp-runtime/xenial,now 1.1.10-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] libmtp9/xenial,now 1.1.10-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] libnet-smtp-ssl-perl/xenial,xenial,now 1.03-1 all [installed] It seems MTP is devil here: https://sourceforge.net/p/libmtp/bugs/435/ How this is resolved: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1015265#p1015265 But commenting out that will ignore MTP devices. I found [this](https://askubuntu.com/a/506504/405408) which suggests to put my device into `69-libmtp.rules` Please exclude my device from MTP probe