[arch-general] usb disk not visible

[Guus Snijders]

Op 9 apr. 2012 19:05 schreef "Andrea Crotti" <andrea.crotti.0 at gmail.com>
het volgende:
>
> I have a problem with an external USB disk here, which is a WD 500Gb
> bought last year.
>
> Recently I decided finally to format it to ext3, since I'm using Linux
> everywhere, but now I don't seem to see it from my dell latitude.
>
> On my mini dell everything works perfectly, but on the latitude I get
> only this from dmesg
>
> [ 8916.825474] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 11
> [ 8917.013895] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 12 using
ehci_hcd
> [ 8919.126604] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 12
> [ 8919.314274] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 13 using
ehci_hcd

Looks like a flaky USB connection to me.
Have you tried other ports or perhaps other USB devices on that same port?

mvg, Guus