Apparently the cause of the slow transfer rate is that the device is recognized as an USB 1.1 device :( Well, at least now ubuntu does it automatically.
[21234.512020] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10 [21234.568323] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1 [21234.810771] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11 [21234.864323] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1 [21235.256057] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5 [21235.395753] usb 2-1: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub [21235.422088] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [21235.425047] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [21235.426073] usb-storage: device found at 5 [21235.426076] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [21240.426774] usb-storage: device scan complete [21240.429733] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Toshiba USB 2.0 Ext. HDD 1.21 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [21240.450756] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors: (250 GB/232 GiB) [21240.473733] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [21240.473738] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08 [21240.473741] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [21240.478738] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors: (250 GB/232 GiB) [21240.483732] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [21240.483736] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08 [21240.483739] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [21240.483745] sdb: sdb1 [21240.512881] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk [21240.512961] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Note that the "connect to a high speed hub" message is rubbish: connecting a different usb hdd to the same port works fine at high speed. -- Toshiba PX1220E-1G25 external hard drive not recognized using ehci https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291021 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
