On Sat, 2026-06-06 at 16:07 -0500, nwe wrote: > > On 6/6/26 2:38 PM, Chris Ramsden wrote: > > > > > I have just noticed that this computer has stopped recognising USB > > thumbdrives. > > > In that situation my first impulse would be to open a terminal and > run > sudo journalctl -f > then plug in the offending drive and watch for errors > Or > sudo dmesg | tail > right after plugging an offending drive might catch something > > > > Next I might open gparted and investigate from that angle. > Aha!
Jun 06 22:43:16 Zenbook kernel: usb 3-3.2: New USB device found, idVendor=03f0, idProduct=3407, bcdDevice= 1.00 Jun 06 22:43:16 Zenbook kernel: usb 3-3.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Jun 06 22:43:16 Zenbook kernel: usb 3-3.2: Product: v135w Jun 06 22:43:16 Zenbook kernel: usb 3-3.2: Manufacturer: HP Jun 06 22:43:16 Zenbook kernel: usb 3-3.2: SerialNumber: 00000000000499 Jun 06 22:43:16 Zenbook kernel: usb 3-3.2: Device is not authorized for usage But gparted can't see this drive. Also, there are many repeats of "Device is not authorized for usage" for stuff that does appear to be working, e.g. the ethernet port and my SSDs. Chris
