[lug] Gparted doesn't recognize new USB drive

[Maxwell Spangler]

On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 11:42 -0700, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> I just picked up a new 32GB USB drive, Phillips model # FM32FD758B,
> USB3.0.
> Here are kernel messages:
> usb 2-4.2: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
> usb 2-4.2: New USB device found, idVendor=13fe, idProduct=6300,
> bcdDevice=
> 1.00 usb 2-4.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=3
> usb-storage 2-4.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
> scsi host5: usb-storage 2-4.2:1.0
> scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access              2309 PRAM        1.00 PQ: 0
> ANSI:
> 0 CCS sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
>  * I think this is where I invoked Gparted *
> JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
> SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, no debug enabled
> usb 2-4.2: Disable of device-initiated U1 failed.
> usb 2-4.2: Disable of device-initiated U2 failed.

http://xillybus.com/tutorials/usb-superspeed-lpm-control-testing-with-linux
http://xillybus.com/tutorials/usb-ltssm-lfps-power-management


"Only host-initiated low-power state transition is discussed here: Even
though the USB spec allows the device to request transition into U1 or
U2, it’s assumed (and to some extent taken care of) that the device
never does that."

Could it be that the Philips USB stick is going into sleep mode and
Linux is unable to disable it?

So while Linux sees it, it goes to sleep and neither parted nor gnome-
disks can therefore talk to it ?

I'm just guessing.

I might plug a few different USB sticks including the Philips into the
computer at the same time, do 'lsusb -vv' and compare the details of
the different sticks to see if anything such as 'Device Status' jumps
out.

I don't know of a simple CLI command to show the device state other
than lsusb.. 

You could redirect your email query to the Linux usb list and see if
they respond? 

I'd try the Philips on another computer, another OS to verify it. Also
try other USB sticks on your computer to verify the state of your OS is
healthy and the port is healthy, too.

-- 
Maxwell Spangler
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Denver, Colorado, USA
maxwellspangler.com
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