[ATrpms-users] Problem with package wis-go7007-linux

[Jason "Foxdie" Bhalla-Gaunt]

Hi all,

Been trying to get this sorted out with the good chaps in #centos on 
freenode IRC but we've narrowed it down to a possible faulty driver.
Here is an outlay of my current system:

* AMD Athlon 1800+ running on a Biostar M7SUA (M7VKQ PRO in North 
America), recent BIOS installed
* H&B TX-100 USB2.0 MPEG4 Hardware Encoder (WIS GO7007 Chip)
* Centos 5 Linux running Kernel 2.6.18-8

I installed the "wis-go7007-linux" package successfully from the ATRPMS 
repo, the problem I have is when I try and bootup I get the following 
error message:

    usb 3-3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
    usb 3-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
    usb 3-3: device not accepting address 6, error -32

Naturally I assume 3-3 is the USB port of the TX-100, I've tried a 
different USB 2.0 cable, and a different USB 2.0 port on the 
motherboard. This device functions perfectly in Windows XP (although 
only with one piece of software, which is why I'm using it under Linux) 
and I managed to get it working once under a 2.4.xx Kernel a couple of 
years ago under Debian.

Googling the above errors, people have suggested running "modprobe -r 
ehci_hcd" to bump it into working, unfortunately this means it would 
only work in USB 1.1 mode, but alas, when I try this, I get a warning 
about how the device should be plugged into a USB 2.0 port only, then a 
couple of seconds later, the kernel panics.

I've tried an array of things such as booting up with the device plugged 
in, booting up THEN plugging it in, and both the aformentioned with and 
without removing the ehci_hcd module, the results are always the same; 
either the device isn't detected and initialised properly, or the kernel 
panics due to the driver. Oh and I also tried booting up with NOACPI and 
NOAPIC options passed to the Kernel on bootup. It makes no difference.

Can anyone advise please? I fear I will go bald from tearing my hair out ;)

-- 
Jason "Foxdie" Bhalla-Gaunt
http://www.foxdie.co.uk/
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