I Can confirm that this bug also appears in Ubuntu 11.04. I will file a bug there.
In my case, the symptom appears after a boot. It can be reproduced at will by unloading and reloading the usb or usbhid driver. The current workaround is to unplug the Saitek pedals and plug them back in. For some reason the sequence of events when connecting is different from what happens when the driver loads. In that case, the device is recognized without problem. After Plugging in the device, it was working fine. [ 6918.310857] I then reset the hid driver by removing and inserting the driver. [ 7183.832022] Then the pedals device was no longer recognized, only the Yoke device, which is completely separate. So what is different between what the driver does on load, and what the driver does when a device is plugged in? dmesg: [ 6918.310857] generic-usb 0003:06A3:0763.0005: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Saitek Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals] on usb-0000:00:1a.2-2/input0 [ 7183.832022] usbcore: deregistering interface driver usbhid [ 7184.052097] input: Belkin Components USB-PS2 Adapter as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.0/input/input22 [ 7184.053186] generic-usb 0003:050D:0119.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Keyboard [Belkin Components USB-PS2 Adapter ] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-2/input0 [ 7184.066403] input: Belkin Components USB-PS2 Adapter as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.1/input/input23 [ 7184.066527] generic-usb 0003:050D:0119.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Belkin Components USB-PS2 Adapter ] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-2/input1 [ 7184.069467] input: Saitek Saitek Pro Flight Yoke as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-5/1-5.4/1-5.4:1.0/input/input24 [ 7184.069602] generic-usb 0003:06A3:0BAC.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Saitek Saitek Pro Flight Yoke] on usb-0000:00:1a.7-5.4/input0 [ 7199.069897] generic-usb: probe of 0003:06A3:0763.0004 failed with error -110 [ 7199.070267] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid [ 7199.070269] usbhid: USB HID core driver -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565222 Title: Saitek Pro Pedals not recognized To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/565222/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs