LinuxQuestions.org - [SOLVED] Problems mounting Maxtor 3200 USB HDD

Hi,

I am having issues with my Maxtor 3200 USB hard drive. I have had it for a number of years and it has worked quite happily. It is formatted with a ext-4 filesystem.

Today I tried to connect to it via my Fedora 17 installation (I last used it under Fedora 14) and it no longer gets auto-mounted. Either the drive is crock or something has changed in the hardware drivers. Currently thinking something has gone wrong driver side but not sure.

Have googled all the output messages and it looks like a USB compatibility issue but no idea what to do next, any suggestions?

Thanks

Linux thebeast 3.4.0-1.fc17.i686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 3 07:16:04 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle)

Here is the lsusb output:

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 03f0:5711 Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart C4100 series
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0d49:3210 Maxtor
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 056a:00dd Wacom Co., Ltd
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 045e:00db Microsoft Corp. Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 V1.0
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 046d:08d7 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate STX
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

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/var/log/messages:
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Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast kernel: [ 7424.466024] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast kernel: [ 7424.599573] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0d49, idProduct=3210
Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast kernel: [ 7424.599578] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast kernel: [ 7424.599580] usb 2-2: Product: Maxtor 3200
Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast kernel: [ 7424.599583] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Maxtor Corporation
Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast kernel: [ 7424.599585] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 604010102540
Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast kernel: [ 7424.599958] scsi12 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast udevd[402]: specified group 'plugdev' unknown
Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 5: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2"
Jan 4 13:05:58 thebeast mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 5 was not an MTP device
Jan 4 13:06:21 thebeast kernel: [ 7447.110023] usb 2-2: reset high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
Jan 4 13:06:31 thebeast kernel: [ 7457.334022] usb 2-2: reset high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
Jan 4 13:06:40 thebeast kernel: [ 7466.563024] usb 2-2: reset high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
Jan 4 13:06:50 thebeast kernel: [ 7476.787029] usb 2-2: reset high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
Jan 4 13:06:50 thebeast kernel: [ 7476.909137] scsi 12:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery

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lspci output
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 5
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 6
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet (rev b0)
03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller (rev b2)
05:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW322/323 (rev 70)