Index: src/ftdi.c
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--- src/ftdi.c	(revision 3932)
+++ src/ftdi.c	(working copy)
@@ -1173,14 +1173,24 @@ static void ftdi_read_data_cb(struct lib
 
     if (actual_length > 2)
     {
-        // skip FTDI status bytes.
-        // Maybe stored in the future to enable modem use
+        unsigned char byte0;
+
         num_of_chunks = actual_length / packet_size;
         chunk_remains = actual_length % packet_size;
         //printf("actual_length = %X, num_of_chunks = %X, chunk_remains = %X, readbuffer_offset = %X\n", actual_length, num_of_chunks, chunk_remains, ftdi->readbuffer_offset);
 
-        ftdi->readbuffer_offset += 2;
-        actual_length -= 2;
+        // skip FTDI status bytes.
+        // Maybe stored in the future to enable modem use
+        // Some Linux distributions, like SuSE 11.0 and 11.1, will return
+        // multiple FTDI status bytes in one packet. Skipt all of them.
+        byte0 = (ftdi->type == TYPE_2232H || ftdi->type == TYPE_4232H) ? 0x32 : 0x31;
+        while (ftdi->readbuffer[ftdi->readbuffer_offset] == byte0
+               && ftdi->readbuffer[ftdi->readbuffer_offset + 1] == 0x60
+               && actual_length >= tc->size + 2)
+        {
+            ftdi->readbuffer_offset += 2;
+            actual_length -= 2;
+        }
 
         if (actual_length > packet_size - 2)
         {
@@ -1438,7 +1448,9 @@ int ftdi_transfer_data_done(struct ftdi_
         }
     }
 
-    if (tc->transfer->status == LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED)
+    if (!tc->transfer)
+        ret = tc->size;
+    else if (tc->transfer->status == LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED)
         ret = tc->offset;
     else
         ret = -1;