This seems to be happening with generic USB thumbdrives, too. (This one's unmarked promotional USB thumbdrive, but confirmed this happening on two of the identical model.)
The below is kern.log of the relevant section. Aug 21 15:14:24 madoka kernel: [ 936.616305] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 2 Aug 21 15:14:28 madoka kernel: [ 940.471598] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci Aug 21 15:14:28 madoka kernel: [ 940.605182] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=cd12, idProduct=ef18 Aug 21 15:14:28 madoka kernel: [ 940.605195] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Aug 21 15:14:28 madoka kernel: [ 940.605203] usb 2-2: Product: DISK Aug 21 15:14:28 madoka kernel: [ 940.605209] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: USB 2.0 Aug 21 15:14:28 madoka kernel: [ 940.605214] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 4066037FC2C31922 Aug 21 15:14:28 madoka kernel: [ 940.606551] scsi3 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0 Aug 21 15:14:29 madoka kernel: [ 941.603475] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB 2.0 DISK 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Aug 21 15:14:29 madoka kernel: [ 941.606238] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Aug 21 15:14:29 madoka kernel: [ 941.609269] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 4075520 512-byte logical blocks: (2.08 GB/1.94 GiB) Aug 21 15:14:29 madoka kernel: [ 941.609883] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Aug 21 15:14:29 madoka kernel: [ 941.609909] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08 Aug 21 15:14:29 madoka kernel: [ 941.611164] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present Aug 21 15:14:29 madoka kernel: [ 941.611173] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 21 15:15:00 madoka kernel: [ 972.327875] usb 2-2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci Aug 21 15:15:31 madoka kernel: [ 1003.344758] usb 2-2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci Aug 21 15:16:02 madoka kernel: [ 1034.297549] usb 2-2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci Aug 21 15:16:33 madoka kernel: [ 1065.250606] usb 2-2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci Aug 21 15:16:33 madoka kernel: [ 1065.390248] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present Aug 21 15:16:33 madoka kernel: [ 1065.390263] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215155 Title: regression in linux-image-3.8.0-29-generic: ipod shuffle 2g does not mount any more To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1215155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs