This affects me on kernel >= 4.15 (I think. Otherwise please excuse. I'm new)
lsusb -v -d 0bc2:ab28 idVendor 0x0bc2 Seagate RSS LLC idProduct 0xab28 lsusb -t Port 2: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=uas, 5000M uname -r 4.15.0-45-generic (Linux mint 19.1) dmesg [35610.968135] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] tag#20 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 21 inflight: CMD OUT [35610.968138] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] tag#20 CDB: Write(16) 8a 00 00 00 00 00 fd 3f 7c f6 00 00 00 03 00 00 [35610.978152] scsi host7: uas_eh_device_reset_handler start [35611.063386] usb 4-2.2: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd [35611.088859] scsi host7: uas_eh_device_reset_handler success -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584557 Title: Seagate external drive causes SCSI bus resets when UAS enabled Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Seagate STEA1000400 external USB hard disk (USB ID 0bc2:2322) causes continuous SCSI bus resets by default. As a workaround, disabling UAS causes the device to work fine. To disable UAS, I created a file in /etc/modprobe.d with the following contents: options usb-storage quirks=0bc2:02322:u ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu Date: Sun May 22 22:02:26 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-07 (1323 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120822.4) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-09 (43 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1584557/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp