Since upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 from 17.10 my usb ethernet adapter keeps disconnecting. It used to work perfectly with 17.10.
dmesg shows the following output upon a connection drop:
[ 273.462732] usb 4-1.4: usb_reset_and_verify_device Failed to disable LTM
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[ 273.643622] usb 4-1.4: USB disconnect, device number 11
[ 273.795468] usb 4-1.4: new SuperSpeed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
[ 273.816520] usb 4-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8153
[ 273.816522] usb 4-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=6
[ 273.816523] usb 4-1.4: Product: USB 10/100/1000 LAN
[ 273.816524] usb 4-1.4: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 273.816525] usb 4-1.4: SerialNumber: 0000A5
[ 273.896167] usb 4-1.4: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
[ 273.948778] r8152 4-1.4:1.0 eth0: v1.09.9
[ 274.503001] r8152 4-1.4:1.0 enx144fd7d04a3c: renamed from eth0
[ 274.539481] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enx144fd7d04a3c: link is not ready
[ 274.543857] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enx144fd7d04a3c: link is not ready
[ 276.431243] r8152 4-1.4:1.0 enx144fd7d04a3c: carrier on
[ 276.431258] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enx144fd7d04a3c: link becomes ready