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pokeuall

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Registered: 2011-01-24

Posts: 11

Drive doesn't show up in /dev

When I plug in a certian flash drive theres no entry for it in /dev. It's only this drive, I assume its a faulty connection in the drive, but maybe someone has another solution?

neurolysis

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Registered: 2011-02-23

Posts: 112

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Re: Drive doesn't show up in /dev

What is the output from

dmesg | tail

immediately after plugging in the drive?

pokeuall

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Registered: 2011-01-24

Posts: 11

Re: Drive doesn't show up in /dev

usb 5-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 5-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 11
usb 5-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 5-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 12
usb 5-1: device not accepting address 12, error -71
usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 13
usb 5-1: device not accepting address 13, error -71
hub 5-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Drive doesn't show up in /dev

Unload module uhci_hcd: 'modprobe -r uhci_hcd'. It's just a wild guess, it may not help at all.

Is the drive working in Windows or when you plug it into another USB port?

pokeuall

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Registered: 2011-01-24

Posts: 11

Re: Drive doesn't show up in /dev

uhci_hcd was not loaded. I tried loading it (testing the drive) and unloading it with no change.

The drive won't load in windows. I know it gives an error message, but i'm not sure what that is since its not my drive. I tried different usb ports to no avail. Thanks though