External USB enclosure is not recognized

[Thinkcat]

Hello

I have a X10SLH-F, running an E3-1231 Haswell.

I am attempting to connect a Macally external USB enclosure. It gets seen as a generic USB device, but not as a mass storage device. It does work with other machines.

From dmesg:

Code:

ugen0.2: <vendor 0x0928> at usbus0

From usbconfig:

Code:

ugen0.2: <product 0x8000 vendor 0x0928> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (0mA)

There are USB 2 memory sticks that are my mirrored boot drive in the same usbus0. Even if at boot it says

Code:

usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus2: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0

I assume that an USB 2 enclosure should still work even if it is in a "USB 3" bus. Or should I somehow try to disable USB 3?

 

[DrKK]

Sir,

Are you attempting to connect an external USB enclosure for the purpose of running a pool? Or are you merely trying to import stuff?

 

[wblock]

It should work, but some USB devices require "quirk" entries because they are weird in some way. That USB enclosure could also be a composite device that also has a hub or other devices. It might help to identify the exact Macally model number, and then post the output of usbconfig -d 0.2 dump_device_desc. 0.2 being the device number there, it might be different when connected again.

 

[Thinkcat]

Did disable USB 3 from BIOS (XHCI) and it found the external drive immediately. I guess I will keep it this way.

I am attempting to have a storage for "almost throwaway" stuff that will save me trouble if I still have it, but not be a great loss if the drive crashes.

 

[Thinkcat]

It might help to identify the exact Macally model number, and then post the output of usbconfig -d 0.2 dump_device_desc. 0.2 being the device number there, it might be different when connected again.

I got:

Code:

ugen1.6: <1394AUSB2.0eSATA combo drive PI-208> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (0mA)

  bLength = 0x0012
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001
  bcdUSB = 0x0200
  bDeviceClass = 0x0000  <Probed by interface class>
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
  idVendor = 0x0928
  idProduct = 0x000a
  bcdDevice = 0x0000
  iManufacturer = 0x0001  <PI-208>
  iProduct = 0x0002  <1394A/USB2.0/eSATA combo drive>
  iSerialNumber = 0x0003  <2010070800000482>
  bNumConfigurations = 0x0001