well I fixed it like this (please not ATI flgrfx doesn't work with .39 kernel at time of writing, so if you are using it remove it otherwise you will get errors)
1.) Add the kernel ppa and update your system: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa sudo apt-get update 2.) Check available kernels with the command: apt-cache showpkg linux-headers kernel 2.6.39.0 should be in list. 3.) Run the command to install kernel 2.6.39.0: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.39-0 linux-headers-2.6.39-0-generic linux-image-2.6.39-0-generic --fix-missing Now get following, working finally , after only 2 months!! [ 93.020080] usb 2-5: new high speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd [ 93.231784] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-5:1.0 [ 103.652018] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB-HS ST3300622A 0.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 103.652605] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 [ 103.656194] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] 586072368 512-byte logical blocks: (300 GB/279 GiB) [ 103.657747] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off [ 103.657751] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08 [ 103.657754] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 103.661498] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 103.676644] sdd: sdd1 [ 103.680127] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 103.680131] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779735 Title: Natty doesn't detect external USB harddisk drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/779735/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
