Re: PROBLEM: USB stops working

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 04:05:18PM +0100, Christian wrote:
> [1.] One line summary of the problem: USB stops working
> 
> [2.] Full description of the problem/report:
> 
> I have this problem when using the Steam client so I'm not sure if this is
> kernel related or not, but please see my notice at the end of this section.
> 
> When Steam is only running in the background, my entire system sound usually
> cracks. This occurs on both Steam and non-Steam games. All my USB devices
> stop working for a second. So when I write something, some letters do not
> appear on the screen, and sometimes my mouse clicks are not recognized
> either. As soon as I close steam completely, the problems are gone.
> Sometimes my entire USB driver crashes so I have to restart my computer to
> get it working again.

Is there any kernel log messages happening when this occurs?

You can look at them by typing 'dmesg' in a console window.

You say something crashes, what is the message when that happens?

And can you reproduce this without the nvidia drivers loaded?

thanks,

greg k-h