I run Xubuntu 14.04 on my desktop, and the first time I plugged a drive into the Plugable unit, everything worked fine. I am currently running two other USB3 drives, and when I turn the Plugable unit on, it does not register with my system.
Whazzup?
Hi Mark,
Thanks for posting! I’m sorry your Plugable product isn’t working as expected. I’d be happy to help!
Can you let us know exactly which Plugable product you are using? We make a few different products that allow you to connect hard drives to your system and I just want to make sure I know which one you have.
Pending that information, the first step is to make sure that the Plugable device is being detecting properly. If you haven’t already, please restart your system and once restarted make sure the Plugable product is connected, can you post the output of the terminal command lsusb?
Thank you,
Bob
Plugable Technologies
www.plugable.com/support
As a rule I do not restart my system unless a kernel change requires it.
The product I’m attempting to use is a USB3-SATA-UASP1, s/n 1094002330067.
Tonight I plugged in the unit, connected it to my system with the provided USB3 connector, plugged in my 2TB drive and turned it on.
mar@marbase:~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8009 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 033: ID 0781:5506 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:2011 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:1005 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I unplugged the USB cable and re-plugged it in. After that:
mar@marbase:~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8009 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 039: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc. ASMedia 2105 SATA bridge
Bus 003 Device 033: ID 0781:5506 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:2011 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:1005 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
But the disk never registered on the system as a drive unit.
By contrast, with my 1TB drive, once I turn it on, it spins up, the light flashes a few times, and all three partitions register with the system.
I need to be able to use this device with all disk drives I may plug into it, not just one it likes.
Hi Mark,
Thanks for getting back. Understood your desire to maintain uptime (my best on a personal system was 456 days) but given that we are trying to step through if a USB device is being detected a cold start is usually the best place to begin. From the output of the lsusb command it appears the dock is being detected after the hot-plug event (it is the ASMedia device), so that’s a good start.
Just so I am clear on the details, you are testing both the 2TB drive and the 1TB in the Plugable dock, and the 1TB drive is detected properly but the 2TB drive is not? Assuming that is correct for now, do you know what file systems are on the 2TB drive? It may be that the system cannot identify the file system type and as a result it won’t know how to auto-mount the drive.
One way to determine if the drive is being recognized as block device (even if it isn’t mounted) is to run the command sudo lsblk -o name,label,fstype,model,size,type
This should produce output similar to this even if the drive isn’t mounted (the forum may mangle this slightly):
NAME LABEL FSTYPE MODEL SIZE TYPE
sda Crucial_CT512MX1 477G disk
├─sda1 System Reserved ntfs 350M part
├─sda2 ntfs 249.2G part
├─sda3 ntfs 450M part
├─sda4 1K part
├─sda5 swap 29.8G part
└─sda6 ext4 197.1G part
sdb 00BPVT-22JJ5T0 232.9G disk
├─sdb1 128M part
└─sdb2 Thalassa ntfs 232.8G part
Does your 2TB drive show up? Can you post the output here?
Thanks,
Bob
I have added asterisk separators for emphasis - none of them show in the display.
With the 2TB Hitachi plugged-in and turned on:
mar@marbase:~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8009 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
*****
Bus 003 Device 046: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc. ASMedia 2105 SATA bridge
*****
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:2011 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:1005 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
mar@marbase:~ $ sudo lsblk -o name,label,fstype,model,size,type
NAME LABEL FSTYPE MODEL SIZE TYPE
sda Hitachi HDS72101 931.5G disk
├─sda1 hroot ext4 20.3G part
├─sda2 swap 12.8G part
└─sda4 htera ext4 898.4G part
sdb TOSHIBA DT01ACA2 1.8T disk
├─sdb1 troot ext4 30G part
├─sdb2 home ext4 500G part
└─sdb3 ttera ext4 1.3T part
sr1 CDDVDW SH-S223L 560.6M rom
(no show)
With the 1TB Seagate:
mar@marbase:~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8009 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
*****
Bus 003 Device 048: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc. ASMedia 2105 SATA bridge
*****
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:2011 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:1005 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
mar@marbase:~ $ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 20811336 7646512 12084624 39% /
none 4 0 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 8050964 4 8050960 1% /dev
tmpfs 1612352 1280 1611072 1% /run
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none 8061756 119392 7942364 2% /run/shm
none 102400 52 102348 1% /run/user
/dev/sdb3 1375703508 623786428 682012284 48% /ttera
/dev/sdb2 515930552 309927368 179772400 64% /home
/dev/sda4 927164968 730965692 186762108 80% /htera
/dev/sr1 573988 573988 0 100% /media/mar/ARMPXVOL_EN
*****
/dev/sdc3 638276120 538708752 67121724 89% /media/mar/stera
/dev/sdc2 302251344 296466824 0 100% /media/mar/_homeback
/dev/sdc1 20510716 8563700 10881992 45% /media/mar/_sroot
*****
mar@marbase:~ $ sudo lsblk -o name,label,fstype,model,size,type
NAME LABEL FSTYPE MODEL SIZE TYPE
sda Hitachi HDS72101 931.5G disk
├─sda1 hroot ext4 20.3G part
├─sda2 swap 12.8G part
└─sda4 htera ext4 898.4G part
sdb TOSHIBA DT01ACA2 1.8T disk
├─sdb1 troot ext4 30G part
├─sdb2 home ext4 500G part
└─sdb3 ttera ext4 1.3T part
*****
sdc 20AS 931.5G disk
├─sdc1 /sroot ext4 20G part
├─sdc2 /homeback ext3 293G part
└─sdc3 stera ext4 618.6G part
*****
sr1 CDDVDW SH-S223L 560.6M rom
However, I should also note that lsblk hung until I unplugged the USB cable for the dock. After I plugged it back in and waited for the disk to come up, the above showed.
I went back to the 2TB drive and did the same thing, no response. The light goes from red to green (I think - I have trouble with those colors, but it changes). The disk simply does not register.
For contrast, here’s what I get when I use my old USB2 bridge:
mar@marbase:~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8009 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:2011 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:1005 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard Hub
*****
Bus 003 Device 051: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge
*****
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
mar@marbase:~ $ sudo lsblk -o name,label,fstype,model,size,type
NAME LABEL FSTYPE MODEL SIZE TYPE
sda Hitachi HDS72101 931.5G disk
├─sda1 hroot ext4 20.3G part
├─sda2 swap 12.8G part
└─sda4 htera ext4 898.4G part
sdb TOSHIBA DT01ACA2 1.8T disk
├─sdb1 troot ext4 30G part
├─sdb2 home ext4 500G part
└─sdb3 ttera ext4 1.3T part
*****
sdc HDS5C3020ALA632 1.8T disk
└─sdc1 /hit2tb ext4 1.8T part
*****
sr1 CDDVDW SH-S223L 560.6M rom
mar@marbase:~ $ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 20811336 7646504 12084632 39% /
none 4 0 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 8050964 4 8050960 1% /dev
tmpfs 1612352 1272 1611080 1% /run
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none 8061756 126836 7934920 2% /run/shm
none 102400 52 102348 1% /run/user
/dev/sdb3 1375703508 623786428 682012284 48% /ttera
/dev/sdb2 515930552 309927972 179771796 64% /home
/dev/sda4 927164968 730965692 186762108 80% /htera
/dev/sr1 573988 573988 0 100% /media/mar/ARMPXVOL_EN
*****
/dev/sdc1 1922728752 1506840012 318196684 83% /media/mar/_hit2tb
*****
I’d have to conclude that the dock is not functioning properly and a replacement would be nice if it works.
Hi Mark,
Thanks for getting back. We would be more than happy to send a pre-tested replacement dock to help rule out a hardware problem with the dock. My co-worker Gary just mentioned that you had also been engaged with him directly via our support@plugable.com address for this same issue, so to keep things in one place and prevent duplication of effort, I have taken over our internal ticket and will respond to you directly to confirm your shipping address and to get the process started. Expect a message from me shortly.
Thank you,
Bob