Hello. I have a Hitach Touro USB3 external hard disk. When I connected it to a USB port (the one on the front of the case, it is usb2), my Debian testing (amd64, running 3.2.0-3-amd64) does not detect the disk. /var/log/syslog reports errors and I have pasted those further below.
Searching various webpages and forums resulted in narrowing down the solution to removing the "uas" module: $> sudo modprobe -r uas Now, when I connect the same hard disk to the same physical usb port, it is detected fine. Can somebody explain why this problem occurs and if there is a better solution? Thanks. HS. The /var/log/syslog error message: ######################################################### Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130903.980090] usb 5-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.115180] usb 5-1: New USB device found, idVendor=4971, idProduct=1012 Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.115191] usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.115198] usb 5-1: Product: Touro Mobile Pro Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.115203] usb 5-1: Manufacturer: Hitachi GST Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.115208] usb 5-1: SerialNumber: 02100110712000000503 Oct 20 11:58:37 red mtp-probe: checking bus 5, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.2/usb5/5-1" Oct 20 11:58:37 red mtp-probe: bus: 5, device: 3 was not an MTP device Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.190353] scsi8 : uas Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.190455] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.191620] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.191677] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Oct 20 11:58:37 red kernel: [130904.191678] USB Mass Storage support registered. Oct 20 11:58:41 red kernel: [130908.179280] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro A0D0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130914.816021] scsi 8:0:0:0: uas_eh_abort_handler tag 0 Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130914.816027] scsi 8:0:0:0: uas_eh_device_reset_handler tag 0 Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130914.816029] scsi 8:0:0:0: uas_eh_target_reset_handler tag 0 Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130914.816031] scsi 8:0:0:0: uas_eh_bus_reset_handler tag 0 Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130914.928061] usb 5-1: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130915.066413] scsi 8:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130915.066470] scsi 8:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130915.066486] scsi 8:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130915.067811] scsi 8:0:0:1: Enclosure Hitachi SES A0D0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130915.068030] scsi 8:0:0:2: uas_sense_old: urb length 26 disagrees with IU sense data length 510, using 18 bytes of sense data Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130915.068762] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0 Oct 20 11:58:48 red kernel: [130915.069145] scsi 8:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 13 Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130945.888054] sd 8:0:0:0: uas_eh_abort_handler tag 0 Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130945.888071] sd 8:0:0:0: uas_eh_device_reset_handler tag 0 Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130945.888080] sd 8:0:0:0: uas_eh_target_reset_handler tag 0 Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130945.888087] sd 8:0:0:0: uas_eh_bus_reset_handler tag 0 Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.000070] usb 5-1: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.133919] sd 8:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.133992] sd 8:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134013] sd 8:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134024] sd 8:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134032] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] READ CAPACITY failed Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134037] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134046] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] Sense not available. Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134056] sd 8:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134065] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134072] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134080] sd 8:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134088] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] Asking for cache data failed Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134094] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.134506] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk Oct 20 11:59:19 red kernel: [130946.135481] ses 8:0:0:1: Attached Enclosure device Oct 20 11:59:19 red ata_id[24551]: unable to open '/dev/sde' ######################################################### -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. 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