On Mon 26 Oct 2020 at 13:56:36 (+0000), Curt wrote: > On 2020-10-26, Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > > > > When you say 'just before', are you talking milliseconds or minutes? > > > > USB 'plugs' are appalling, and I've known sticks to be unrecognised, but > > found after wiggling the device slightly. > > > > I have a USB port like that; it's fickle. But I only actually realized > or pinpointed it was the port being fickle (to interpret a certain > semeiology I won't go into here) because David Wright mentioned the > phenomenon in this forum not long ago.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/08/msg00506.html With caddies, I'd add that things aren't improving at the other end of the cable. My USB2 caddies have a small connector (I think they're Mini B) on a 6ft flexible cable at the caddy end. If you hold the cable a foot away from the caddy and move it side to side, the miniplug is stable as a rock. With the newer caddies, their connectors (3.0 Micro B, I believe) are on a shorter, stiffer cable. Move the cable in the same way, and the connector rocks from side to side, eventually generating errors (or falling out). Cheers, David.