Re: External hard drive failing? (Jeffrey Taylor)

Axel Braun <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 12:05:35 +0200
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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

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<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=
;">&gt; 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;">&gt=
; 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;">&gt=
; 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;">&gt=
; 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;">&gt=
; 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;">&gt=
; 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;">&gt=
; 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;">&gt=
; 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=
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