* Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> [24-10/05=Sat 10:48 +0700]: > On 04/10/2024 14:19, Will Mengarini wrote: >> * Ash Joubert [24-10/04=Fri 16:38 +1300]: >>> - Do you see anything in "journalctl -f" when you plug in the USB enclosure? >> >> No output when I unplug it and replug it. > > Do you start "journalctl -f" as root (eg sudo)? It is rather > strange that nothing is logged at all. I would expect > at least some errors. It may be some issue with cables.
Yes, I am doing that as root. It has never shown any output for the drive and enclosure in question, but it responds immediately when I plug in a flash drive that has Debian netinst on it. > Have you tried other USB ports? USB3/USB2, > some ports may provide higher current. Yes, several. > Save output of of the following command to files when the enclosure is > disconnected and connected and compare results > > lsusb -vt | tee /tmp/disconnected.txt > lsusb -vt | tee /tmp/port1.txt There is no difference. > Try to connect the enclosure without the disk. It may appear > in lsusb output and may generate some journalctl logs. That's a clever idea, but it will be a while before I can carefully unscrew the disk from the enclosure to try it. First I need to try to restore from older backups.
