[ltp] External hard drive failing? (Jeffrey Taylor)

[Jeffrey Taylor]

On 6/12/22 05:05, Axel Braun wrote:
>
> Hello Jeffrey,
>
>
> Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2022, 12:00:01 CEST schrieb 
> linux-thinkpad-request at linux-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 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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