Re: External hard drive failing? (Jeffrey Taylor)
Axel Braun <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 12:05:35 +0200
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============1573424344078888229== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="nextPart4756588.31r3eYUQgx" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --nextPart4756588.31r3eYUQgx Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Jeffrey, Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2022, 12:00:01 CEST schrieb linux-thinkpad-request@li= nux- thinkpad.org: > I have a Verbatim external USB 3.0 hard drive. For the second time in a > month, my laptop running Leap 15.3, fails to recognize when it's plugged > in. The light on the drive lights up when it's plugged in, sothe drive > recognizes the laptop. The laptop is a Lenovo T520. The ports are USB > 2.0. Rebooting the laptop does not help. Shutting the laptop for an > hour does help. Any of this sound familiar? Is USB port failing? > Probably not, same thing happens regardless of which port the hard drive > is plugged into. Hard drive failing or something in the kernel messing = up? Are you using KDE? A while ago there was a bug that a USB device plugged i= n for the second time is not recognized anymore. I'm not sure this was Leap or TW, but is fixed already (I'm using TW on T5= 20 and X1Extreme) In any case you should take a look at the journal (journalctl -f) while pl= ugging the USB drive in HTH Axel --nextPart4756588.31r3eYUQgx Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8"> </head> <body><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0= ;">Hello Jeffrey,</p> <br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0= ;">Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2022, 12:00:01 CEST schrieb linux-thinkpad-request@= linux-thinkpad.org:</p> <br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0= ;">> I have a Verbatim external USB 3.0 hard drive.=A0 For the second ti= me in a</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">>= ; month, my laptop running Leap 15.3, fails to recognize when it's plugged<= /p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">>= ; in.=A0 The light on the drive lights up when it's plugged in, sothe drive= </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">>= ; recognizes the laptop.=A0 The laptop is a Lenovo T520.=A0 The ports are U= SB</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">>= ; 2.0.=A0 Rebooting the laptop does not help.=A0 Shutting the laptop for an= </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">>= ; hour does help. Any of this sound familiar?=A0 Is USB port failing?=A0</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">>= ; Probably not, same thing happens regardless of which port the hard drive<= /p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">>= ; is plugged into.=A0 Hard drive failing or something in the kernel messing= up?</p> <br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0= ;">Are you using KDE? A while ago there was a bug that a USB device plugged= in for the second time is not recognized anymore. </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">I'm= not sure this was Leap or TW, but is fixed already (I'm using TW on T520 a= nd X1Extreme)</p> <br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0= ;">In any case you should take a look at the journal (journalctl -f) while = plugging the USB drive in</p> <br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0= ;">HTH</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Axe= l</p> </body> </html> --nextPart4756588.31r3eYUQgx-- --===============1573424344078888229== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline LS0gClRoZSBsaW51eC10aGlua3BhZCBtYWlsaW5nIGxpc3QgaG9tZSBwYWdlIGlzIGF0OgpodHRw Oi8vbWFpbG1hbi5saW51eC10aGlua3BhZC5vcmcvbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby9saW51eC10aGlu a3BhZA== --===============1573424344078888229==--