Thanks you Christopher M. Penalver for looking into this. I did the apport-collect (had to install a few qt4 qt5 python packages and kde core python things before it worked)
info re lspci that might be helpful: 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 04) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 04) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c) 03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eddie Dunckley, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and > helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command only > once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: > apport-collect 1454108 > > ** No longer affects: linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu) > > ** Project changed: linux-kernel-headers => linux (Ubuntu) > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1454108 > > Title: > HP Probook 450 usb ehci breaks between 3.13.0-36 and 3.13.0-37 > > Status in linux package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Release: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS > Package version: linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic > What expect to happen: USB to work after boot-up > Whap happened instead: dead USB, no dmesg messages when unplugging or > plugging in USB devices. > > HP Probook 450 USB support got broken since 3.13.0-37. Ubuntu 14.04.2 > LTS > > Similar but not identical to problems as described in > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072918. > All USB ports dead. dmesg shows ehci_hcd died. cleaning up. > > By passing extra kernel parameters using grub menu: > ehci=noirq (or was that acpi=noirq) makes it work but that breaks > onboard ethernet. > also tried with tried iommu=soft (didn't work) > > Tried all kernel images from 3.13.0-37 to 3.13.0-52 .. all the same > result: broken USB. > > had to back-step to 3.13.0-36 ... > > Just thought I'd mention, that might affect other HP Probook models as > well. > > kernel modules affected: xhci_hcd, hid_generic, usbhid, ehci > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1454108/+subscriptions > -- ------------------------------------------ Eddie Dunckley the eMail of the species is deadlier than the mail. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1454108 Title: HP Probook 450 usb ehci breaks between 3.13.0-36 and 3.13.0-37 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1454108/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs