On Wednesday, 31 July 2024 17:37:17 BST Jacques Montier wrote: > Le mer. 31 juil. 2024 à 16:49, Michael <confabul...@kintzios.com> a écrit : > > On Wednesday, 31 July 2024 10:36:20 BST Jacques Montier wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > For a few days, my two usb external disks do not automatically mount on > > > /run/media/<user> > > > > Have you changed your PC, USB port/hub, kernel or your udisks version, > > before > > you noticed this? > > > > If you observed this on a laptop, does it happen when mains power is on? > > > > > Those disks are successfully detected. > > > > > > - dmesg : > > > 20.711135] usb 10-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1058, > > > > > > idProduct=2621, bcdDevice=10.34 > > > [ 20.711144] usb 10-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > > > SerialNumber=3 > > > [ 20.711147] usb 10-2: Product: Elements 2621 > > > [ 20.711150] usb 10-2: Manufacturer: Western Digital > > > [ 20.711152] usb 10-2: SerialNumber: 575837324139315041324831 > > > [ 20.712935] usb-storage 10-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > > > [ 20.713081] scsi host14: usb-storage 10-2:1.0 > > > [ 21.740964] scsi 14:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD Elements 2621 > > > > > > 1034 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6 > > > > > > [ 21.741163] sd 14:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0 > > > [ 21.743671] sd 14:0:0:0: [sde] Spinning up disk... > > > [ 22.764230] ....ready > > > > > [ 25.936769] sd 14:0:0:0: [sde] 3906963456 512-byte logical blocks: > > (2.00 > > > > > TB/1.82 TiB) > > > [ 25.937331] sd 14:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off > > > [ 25.937337] sd 14:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 47 00 10 08 > > > [ 25.937831] sd 14:0:0:0: [sde] No Caching mode page found > > > [ 25.937836] sd 14:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through > > > [ 25.939868] sde: sde1 > > > > > > - Some errors by journalctl (attached file) > > > > > > juil. 31 11:21:00 GentooLinux udisksd[1178]: Error probing device: Error > > > sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE to '/dev/sde': Unexpected> > > > > > > 0000: f0 00 01 00 00 00 00 > > > > 0a > > > > > 00 00 00 00 00 1d 00 00 ................ > > > > > > 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > > > 00 > > > > > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ > > > > > > (g-io-error-quark, 0) > > > > > > - I can manually mount them without any issue. > > > > > > - USB sticks successfully mount. > > > > > > - No problem with Linux Mint OS 23.1 > > > > > > Any idea ? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > -- > > > Jacques > > > > It often happens external USB drives need enough power to start up fully, > > before their onboard controller responds to probes from udisksd. If > > something > > (from PSU, to battery power, to kernel/desktop power management options) > > has > > changed, to the point where the power on the USB port becomes marginal, > > then > > such symptoms are possible. > > > > Things you could try: > > > > 1. Try a different USB port, ideally USB 3.0 or later version e.g. USB 3.2 > > Gen2, which can provide more power. > > > > 2. Use a powered USB Hub between the PC and the drive, or a Y-shaped USB > > cable > > to feed the drive from two ports. > > > > 3. If on a laptop, use mains power (esp. in the summer when the cooling > > fan > > may be demanding more from the battery). > > > > 4. Remove other consumables from USB ports sharing the same bus. > > > > 5. Do not set your desktop to auto-mount USBs when you plug in, but only > > when > > you manually click on it in your GUI. > > > > > > Anecdotal observation: I have a WD Elements drive which I connect through > > an > > external powered hub on a USB 2.0 port on the PC. Even though the hub is > > powered, I have to power it up first, wait a few seconds for the drive to > > come > > up to speed (the LED flashing slows down), before I boot the PC. > > Otherwise > > it's a hit or miss affair for the PC to detect it. This got worse after > > some > > months/years, although the drive itself has seen relatively little use. > > Thank you Michael, > > It's a desktop PC working with cinnamon 6. > I tried KDE Plasma (wayland or X11) and it works ! > So, maybe a cinnamon-6.0.4 issue ? > > Cheers, > > Jacques
Looks like a possibility, if this started when you ran an update of the desktop, or changed some cinnamon/gnome settings. Play around with the auto- mount USB drive options, to see if it corrects itself.
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