Re: External hard drive failing? (Jeffrey Taylor)

Jeffrey Taylor <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:50:55 -0500
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On 6/12/22 05:05, Axel Braun wrote:
>
> Hello Jeffrey,
>
>
> Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2022, 12:00:01 CEST schrieb 
> [email protected]:
>
>
> > 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 in 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 T520 and X1Extreme)
>
>
> In any case you should take a look at the journal (journalctl -f) 
> while plugging the USB drive in
>
>
> HTH
>
> Axel
>
>
Axel,
   This is on XFCE.  'journal -f' shows nothing.  This does not 
consistently on the second time.

Thank you,
    Jeffrey


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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/12/22 05:05, Axel Braun wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:5841951.lOV4Wx5bFT@x1e">
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      <p
        style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Hello
        Jeffrey,</p>
      <br>
      <p
        style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Am
        Sonntag, 12. Juni 2022, 12:00:01 CEST schrieb
        <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>:</p>
      <br>
      <p
        style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt;
        I have a Verbatim external USB 3.0 hard drive.  For the second
        time in a</p>
      <p
        style="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="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt;
        in.  The light on the drive lights up when it's plugged in,
        sothe drive</p>
      <p
        style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt;
        recognizes the laptop.  The laptop is a Lenovo T520.  The ports
        are USB</p>
      <p
        style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt;
        2.0.  Rebooting the laptop does not help.  Shutting the laptop
        for an</p>
      <p
        style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt;
        hour does help. Any of this sound familiar?  Is USB port
        failing? </p>
      <p
        style="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="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt;
        is plugged into.  Hard drive failing or something in the kernel
        messing up?</p>
      <br>
      <p
        style="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="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 and X1Extreme)</p>
      <br>
      <p
        style="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="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">HTH</p>
      <p
        style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Axel</p>
      <br>
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    <p>Axel,<br>
        This is on XFCE.  'journal -f' shows nothing.  This does not
      consistently on the second time.</p>
    <p>Thank you,<br>
         Jeffrey</p>
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