USB-A dongle cannot enable

Hi I am seeing the following message in my dmesg

[  300.006247] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  300.006694] usb usb2-port2: attempt power cycle
[  304.386167] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  308.449398] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  308.449445] usb usb2-port2: unable to enumerate USB device
[  325.466127] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  329.542721] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  329.542904] usb usb2-port2: attempt power cycle
[  333.923305] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  337.992926] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  337.993486] usb usb2-port2: unable to enumerate USB device
[  367.049444] usb 3-3: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[  393.228427] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  397.299486] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  397.299683] usb usb2-port2: attempt power cycle
[  401.679486] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  405.746161] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  405.746561] usb usb2-port2: unable to enumerate USB device
[  421.556193] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  425.622842] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  425.623251] usb usb2-port2: attempt power cycle
[  429.999537] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  434.059532] usb usb2-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[  434.059582] usb usb2-port2: unable to enumerate USB device

My four dongles are 2xUSB-C, 1USB-A, 1 DP. I am certain that the this message is due to the USB-A. Any idea?

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