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#1 2008-12-10 21:59:14
- cucullus
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external hdd doesn't detects from cold start
My external (USB) hdd Transcend 250Gb doesn't detects if it was plugged before I turn on my system (not shown by lsusb). It detects and mounts fine if hotplugged.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 152d:2329 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp.who's guilty? hal? or myself? ;)
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#2 2008-12-26 15:33:11
- dav7
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Re: external hdd doesn't detects from cold start
It might be HAL - I have a CRT that has a USB port on the back (...for a mouse, so you can point-and-click to control its OSD, wow), and I wanted to see if I could use its appearance/disappearance (aka when I switch the entire CRT on/off) to control stuff, such as my other CRTs. That hasn't happened yet but I've found I have the same sort of issue: the kernel never notices the display if the kernel boots after the display is plugged in, but HAL (and dmesg) both exhibit signs of activity when I hotplug the display with the system up.
So I, too, am looking for an answer. 
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#3 2008-12-27 15:58:22
- R00KIE
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Re: external hdd doesn't detects from cold start
My external (USB) hdd Transcend 250Gb doesn't detects if it was plugged before I turn on my system (not shown by lsusb). It detects and mounts fine if hotplugged.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 152d:2329 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp.who's guilty? hal? or myself?
Maybe neither, I believe some motherboards have a buggy bios that can't initialize usb devices during boot properly (some devices at least) and then things will fail latter on. Try to look for a bios update or google for some other people with the same problem.
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