On Sat, 2026-06-06 at 21:46 +0100, Chris Ramsden wrote: > On Sat, 2026-06-06 at 16:37 -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > > On Sat, 2026-06-06 at 20:38 +0100, Chris Ramsden wrote: > > > Asus Zenbook > > > Debian 13 Trixie > > > Mate DE > > > > > > I have just noticed that this computer has stopped recognising > > > USB > > > thumbdrives. > > > > > > They are listed in lsusb, but do not appear in my file browser > > > (caja), > > > nor in df. > > > > > > The same machine sees the same USB thumbdrives when booted into > > > windows, so it appears not to be faulty hardware. > > > > > > I can't say when this started happening; I haven't plugged in any > > > USB > > > thumbdrives for a few weeks. > > > > > > > > > For what it's worth: Thunar used to be installable (and thus also > > uninstallable) as a stand-alone package regardless of the desktop > > environment (e.g. LXDE). Thunar could be used to test if it sees > > what's > > currently not appearing otherwise. > > > > <snip> > Thanks Cindy, some useful ideas there, but I am doubtful that if it > doesn't appear in df, it's not going to be accessible to higher lever > tools. > > I'll try some other file managers. No luck with either Dolphin or Thunar.
Feels like a re-install might be the way ahead. 😞
