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ThinkPad_Jan

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From: Poland

Registered: 2023-10-30

Posts: 5

Q4OS trinity randomly desn't see drives plugged into USB

When I connect some usb drive to the computer it sometimes (rarely) doesn't read it (doesn't see it at all) on a particular port, but after reconnecting it on a different port it does, although lately it doesn't see a healthy card connected to the sd port despite several attempts to remove and put it back in. I'm using a Thinkpad t470

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Comp: ThinkPad T470, Intel Core i5-6300 2,4>3GHz, 16gb RAM, Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520], Q4OS mit Trinity, Windows 10

hchiper

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2020-07-28

Posts: 397

Re: Q4OS trinity randomly desn't see drives plugged into USB

Slot(s) or device(s) with loose or dirty connectors?

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Q4OS machines: [Samsung R519 - Pentium T4200 2.0 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB SSD] & [Sony Vaio - Pentium P6000 1.87 GHz - 8 GB RAM - 500 GB SSD]

ThinkPad_Jan

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From: Poland

Registered: 2023-10-30

Posts: 5

Re: Q4OS trinity randomly desn't see drives plugged into USB

But when i plug, for example, other card or plug this card into Win 11 comp. it works

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Comp: ThinkPad T470, Intel Core i5-6300 2,4>3GHz, 16gb RAM, Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520], Q4OS mit Trinity, Windows 10

Rademes

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2015-12-13

Posts: 636

Re: Q4OS trinity randomly desn't see drives plugged into USB

Connect your USB drive, and run in Konsole command lsusb. It will show all connected USB devices (including your mouse if you use it on your notebook). If your USB drive is not shown, then it is probably a hardware issue. Also, post here the output of lsusb command.

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Before asking for help please read this topic: https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3502   If you have problems with WiFi network, try to install the Network Manager using Q4OS Software Centre.

ThinkPad_Jan

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From: Poland

Registered: 2023-10-30

Posts: 5

Re: Q4OS trinity randomly desn't see drives plugged into USB

The same thing happens when i plug my MP3 player (formatted as fat16) (card about which i was talking about earlier is formatted as fat32), it sometimes don't see it, then i must unplug it and plug to other USB port

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Comp: ThinkPad T470, Intel Core i5-6300 2,4>3GHz, 16gb RAM, Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520], Q4OS mit Trinity, Windows 10

ThinkPad_Jan

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From: Poland

Registered: 2023-10-30

Posts: 5

Re: Q4OS trinity randomly desn't see drives plugged into USB

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:0316 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b5ab Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Integrated Camera
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:07fd Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver 1.1
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
(sorry for message under yours i post it too soon)

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Comp: ThinkPad T470, Intel Core i5-6300 2,4>3GHz, 16gb RAM, Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520], Q4OS mit Trinity, Windows 10

Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,989

Re: Q4OS trinity randomly desn't see drives plugged into USB

You could try running

udevadm monitor

and see if anything shows up when plugging/unplugging usb devices, sometimes it can show useful information. If you plug in a usb device and it doesn't display anything then I would suspect a dodgy connector either on the machine side or the device itself. Make sure usb port and usb device are clean,

P.s. when running the above command press Ctrl+C to end monitoring.

ThinkPad_Jan

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From: Poland

Registered: 2023-10-30

Posts: 5

Re: Q4OS trinity randomly desn't see drives plugged into USB

I reinstall the kernel and it works. The problem lies in "safe unplugging" in Trinity. Drivers unplugged with this method are usually not recognized until you repair them with Windows.

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Comp: ThinkPad T470, Intel Core i5-6300 2,4>3GHz, 16gb RAM, Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520], Q4OS mit Trinity, Windows 10