On Mon, 7 May 2018 12:54:48 -0700 Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/04/2018 02:58 PM, T_POL wrote: > > On Fri, 4 May 2018 14:20:13 -0700 > > Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On 05/04/2018 01:30 PM, T_POL wrote: > >>> I've noticed that Fedora 28 does not detect an external eSATA disk when it's inserted. > >>> If the eSATA disk is already plugged at boot, it's normally detected and automounted. > >>> > >>> USB disks are handled correctly. > >>> > >>> I've made a test using a "Fedora-Xfce-live-27" and everything works fine. > >>> > >>> I'm using an HP Pavilion laptop. > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance to anybody answering. > >> > >> Have you verified that the disk is seen at all after hot plugging? You > >> could run "fdisk -l" as root or look at the output of dmesg. If it shows > >> up in the fdisk or dmesg output, then the kernel knows about it. I don't > >> think eSATA stuff automounts by default (eSATA is handled differently > >> than USB as they show up on different buses). > >> > > > > Yes I did. The disk is not seen at all. > > "fdisk -l" just list /dev/sda (Internal). > > "journalctl -f" and "dmesg" both list nothing. > > What is strange is that on F27 it was working as expected > > (detected and automounted) > > > >> If the kernel does see it during hotplug, you could create a udev rule > >> to automount it. You can get the relevant info needed for the rule by > >> running "udevadm monitor -k" (to see raw kernel events) or "udevadm > >> monitor -u" (to see existing udev processing) prior to plugging the > >> drive in. Watch the output when you plug in the drive. > > > > Both "udevadm" commands lists nothing after plugging the drive. > > The only way to make the drive detected is to run as root the following command : > > > > "echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host5/scan" > > > > Found it with google :) > > Yeah, google is your friend (at times). That would trigger a SCSI bus > scan. > > > Immediately after that, disk is detected. > > It's odd that it's not seen at all except if plugged in at boot. Sounds > like a bug, although I don't know if it'd be in the SCSI driver, hotplug > code or kernel itself. I'd sure bugzilla it. well, never opened a bugzilla in my (long) life. May be this will be the first time. ciao, Angelo > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - A squeegee, by any other name, wouldn't sound as funny. - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
