On 06/07/2012 05:09 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:53:53 -0700, walt wrote: > >> When I power up the outboard hard-disk docking station (plugged into >> the usb3 adapter) the computer never sees the docking station or its >> hard disk until I reboot the computer. Something in the BIOS >> apparently resets some hardware thingy, and then it all works extremely >> well thereafter. >> >> Having to reboot the computer to use a usb docking station kinda >> defeats the whole point of usb. (Or am I just being grumpy? :) > > There's nothing wrong with being grumpy.
Hm. I'll send you my wife's email address off-list. >> Can anyone think of some trick I could use in lieu of rebooting to get >> the adapter/disk combination properly initialized? > > Does unloading and reloading the xhci module help? Brilliant :) It does indeed, thanks.
