[gentoo-user] Re: USB 3 HD worked, then quit?

[walt]

On 09/16/2010 11:00 AM, Andrew Wilkinson wrote:

I have an external USB3 hard drive that use for backup purposes.  This morning 
everything worked fine, until suddenly the computer froze completely and was 
non-responsive to local or remote commands.   After I hit the reset button and 
it come back up, the
HD no longer connects via xhci (though it works fine via ehci).


I guess no one here knows the answer.  There is a linux.usb.general
mailing list on gmane that seems like a promising place to ask, though.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB 3 HD worked, then quit?

[Paul Hartman]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 8:08 AM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote:
 On 09/16/2010 11:00 AM, Andrew Wilkinson wrote:

 I have an external USB3 hard drive that use for backup purposes.  This
 morning everything worked fine, until suddenly the computer froze completely
 and was non-responsive to local or remote commands.   After I hit the reset
 button and it come back up, the
 HD no longer connects via xhci (though it works fine via ehci).

 I guess no one here knows the answer.  There is a linux.usb.general
 mailing list on gmane that seems like a promising place to ask, though.

Maybe try the usb-storage mailing list:
https://lists.one-eyed-alien.net/mailman/listinfo/usb-storage

I have USB3 ports but no USB3 devices, so no experience with its
potential problems yet...