I added “iommu=soft” to ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=’, ran sudo update-grub, rebooted and disabled iommu in bios. Here are the new results of sudo dmesg | grep -i usb:
jim@jim-pc:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i usb
[sudo] password for jim:
[ 0.277068] ACPI: bus type USB registered
[ 0.277081] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.277088] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.277113] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 1.191497] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 ‘Enhanced’ Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 1.191622] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 1.205220] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 1.205309] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.205312] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.205314] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.205316] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.205317] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:12.2
[ 1.205453] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.205620] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 1.221196] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 1.221271] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.221273] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.221275] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.221277] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.221279] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.2
[ 1.221442] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.221608] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 1.237184] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 1.237267] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.237269] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.237272] usb usb3: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.237273] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.237275] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:16.2
[ 1.237464] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.237568] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 ‘Open’ Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 1.237639] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 1.301203] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.301204] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.301205] usb usb4: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.301206] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.301206] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:12.0
[ 1.301337] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.301491] ohci-pci 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 1.365204] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.365205] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.365206] usb usb5: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.365207] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.365208] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.0
[ 1.365340] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.365497] ohci-pci 0000:00:14.5: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[ 1.429207] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.429208] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.429209] usb usb6: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.429210] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.429210] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.5
[ 1.429381] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.429512] ohci-pci 0000:00:16.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
[ 1.493212] usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.493213] usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.493214] usb usb7: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.493215] usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.493215] usb usb7: SerialNumber: 0000:00:16.0
[ 1.493347] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.493445] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[ 1.493508] xhci_hcd 0000:01:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 8
[ 1.493628] usb usb8: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.493629] usb usb8: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.493630] usb usb8: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.493630] usb usb8: Manufacturer: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic xhci-hcd
[ 1.493631] usb usb8: SerialNumber: 0000:01:00.0
[ 1.493700] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.493771] xhci_hcd 0000:01:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 9
[ 1.493791] usb usb9: We don’t know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
[ 1.493805] usb usb9: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[ 1.493805] usb usb9: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.493806] usb usb9: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.493807] usb usb9: Manufacturer: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic xhci-hcd
[ 1.493807] usb usb9: SerialNumber: 0000:01:00.0
[ 1.493887] hub 9-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.549135] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.565132] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.701627] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bb4, idProduct=040b
[ 1.701628] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1.701629] usb 2-1: Product: Android Phone
[ 1.701630] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: HTC
[ 1.701630] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: FA5CFSX06351
[ 1.707793] usb-storage 2-1:1.1: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1.707879] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1:1.1
[ 1.707931] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.708907] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1.723279] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=050d, idProduct=845a
[ 1.723281] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1.723282] usb 3-2: Product: Belkin USB Wireless Adaptor
[ 1.723282] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
[ 1.723283] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[ 1.825223] usb 8-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.966320] usb 8-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2109, idProduct=3431
[ 1.966321] usb 8-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.966322] usb 8-1: Product: USB2.0 Hub
[ 1.966768] hub 8-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.085245] usb 7-3: new low-speed USB device number 2 using ohci-pci
[ 2.317316] usb 7-3: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=2003
[ 2.317318] usb 7-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.317319] usb 7-3: Product: Dell USB Keyboard
[ 2.317320] usb 7-3: Manufacturer: Dell
[ 2.327010] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.327010] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.328184] input: Dell Dell USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.0/usb7/7-3/7-3:1.0/0003:413C:2003.0001/input/input2
[ 2.385557] hid-generic 0003:413C:2003.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Dell Dell USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:16.0-3/input0
[ 2.773281] usb 7-4: new low-speed USB device number 3 using ohci-pci
[ 2.980052] usb 7-4: New USB device found, idVendor=1241, idProduct=1177
[ 2.980056] usb 7-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.990826] input: HID 1241:1177 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.0/usb7/7-4/7-4:1.0/0003:1241:1177.0002/input/input3
[ 2.990973] hid-generic 0003:1241:1177.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 1241:1177] on usb-0000:00:16.0-4/input0
[ 10.420830] usb 3-2: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
[ 10.421285] usb 3-2: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
[ 10.883351] usb 3-2: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
[ 10.883353] usb 3-2: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 08:86:3b:92:76:e2
[ 10.883354] usb 3-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from “rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin”
[ 10.883413] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
[ 11.372112] audit: type=1400 audit(1495043307.355:11): apparmor=“STATUS” operation=“profile_load” profile=“unconfined” name="/usr/sbin/ippusbxd" pid=970 comm=“apparmor_parser”
[ 63.885251] usb 8-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 63.986469] usb 8-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=090c, idProduct=1000
[ 63.986473] usb 8-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 63.986475] usb 8-1.4: Product: CENTON USB
[ 63.986477] usb 8-1.4: SerialNumber: AA00000000001629
[ 63.986966] usb-storage 8-1.4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 63.987210] scsi host7: usb-storage 8-1.4:1.0
[ 83.253379] usb 8-1.4: USB disconnect, device number 3
jim@jim-pc:~$
I think everything’s working now and it is a self-built machine.
Thanks,
Jim