When plugging in my 500GB Western Digital harddrive, the device does not show up in <Places>. However, the device works correctly in Hardy, so it dows not seem to be a Hardware problem.
Also note that all my other external USB drives do work with Karmic.
When plugged in, the device shows up for a few seconds in lsusb, but then vanishes.
The dmesg output says something about:
device descriptor read/64, error -71
(see the attached dmesg log)
The following thread on ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=797789
suggests, that it has something to do with USB power saving and one could disable it by issuing the command
echo -1 >/sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend
as root and then reboot. However, this does not work for me as I am using the live-CD, such that the change gets lost at reboot. (I wanted to install Karmic on the external disk that is not recognized)
I am happy to provide further Information you might need for debugging.
ProblemType: Bug
AplayDevices:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 5542 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc300000 irq 22'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC262'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0262,104d2800,00100100 HDA:14f12c06,104d1700,00100000'
Controls : 18
Simple ctrls : 11
Date: Sat Sep 5 17:12:52 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha i386 (20090902.1)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-NR11S_S
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-9-generic 2.6.31-9.29
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-9-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.16
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: R0130J9
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrR0130J9:bd07/18/2007:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-NR11S_S:pvrC3LQDBGR:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VGN-NR11S_S
dmi.product.version: C3LQDBGR
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
I am using Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 5.
When plugging in my 500GB Western Digital harddrive, the device does not show up in <Places>. However, the device works correctly in Hardy, so it dows not seem to be a Hardware problem.
Also note that all my other external USB drives do work with Karmic.
When plugged in, the device shows up for a few seconds in lsusb, but then vanishes.
The dmesg output says something about:
device descriptor read/64, error -71
(see the attached dmesg log)
The following thread on ubuntuforums: ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=797789 usbcore/ parameters/ autosuspend
http://
suggests, that it has something to do with USB power saving and one could disable it by issuing the command
echo -1 >/sys/module/
as root and then reboot. However, this does not work for me as I am using the live-CD, such that the change gets lost at reboot. (I wanted to install Karmic on the external disk that is not recognized)
I am happy to provide further Information you might need for debugging.
ProblemType: Bug controlC0: ubuntu 5542 F.... pulseaudio 104d2800, 00100100 HDA:14f12c06, 104d1700, 00100000' 2.6.31- 9-generic 2.6.31-9.29 /casper/ vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/ try-usb= true persistent file=/cdrom/ preseed/ hostname. seed boot=casper initrd= /casper/ initrd. lz quiet splash -- ature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic ersions: backports- modules- 2.6.31- 9-generic N/A asset.tag: N/A asset.tag: N/A version: N/A echnologiesLTD: bvrR0130J9: bd07/18/ 2007:svnSonyCor poration: pnVGN-NR11S_ S:pvrC3LQDBGR: rvnSonyCorporat ion:rnVAIO: rvrN/A: cvnSonyCorporat ion:ct10: cvrN/A: version: C3LQDBGR
AplayDevices:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc300000 irq 22'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC262'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0262,
Controls : 18
Simple ctrls : 11
Date: Sat Sep 5 17:12:52 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha i386 (20090902.1)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-NR11S_S
Package: linux-image-
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
linux-
linux-firmware 1.16
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: R0130J9
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixT
dmi.product.name: VGN-NR11S_S
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation