I do not have an allow_restart setting for my external apparently. But all this can be automated: Udev Rule: BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}=="WD", RUN+="/usr/bin/usbhdfix %k"
usbhdfix: #!/bin/bash echo 1024 > /sys/block/$1/device/max_sectors temp=expr substr $1 3 1 echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_disk/$temp\:0\:0\:0/allow_restart -- USB mass storage stops working after a while https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61235 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs