Usb hard disk not recognized by my system

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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I have a USB disk that is never recognized on my endeavor linux (installer very recently), it says, every single time I plugged it in:

[41881.862309] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-pci
[41881.992589] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0480, idProduct=a00c, bcdDevice= 1.07
[41881.992599] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[41881.992605] usb 1-3: Product: External USB 3.0
[41881.992610] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
[41881.992614] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 20140407015516
[41894.969916] audit: type=1101 audit(1633886374.707:492): pid=150777 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:accounting grantors=pam_unix,pam_permit,pam_time acct="mehdi" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41894.971409] audit: type=1110 audit(1633886374.708:493): pid=150777 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_faillock,pam_permit,pam_env,pam_faillock acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41894.973714] audit: type=1105 audit(1633886374.711:494): pid=150777 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:session_open grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41895.002400] audit: type=1106 audit(1633886374.739:495): pid=150777 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:session_close grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41895.002479] audit: type=1104 audit(1633886374.739:496): pid=150777 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_faillock,pam_permit,pam_env,pam_faillock acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41896.679253] audit: type=1101 audit(1633886376.415:497): pid=150779 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:accounting grantors=pam_unix,pam_permit,pam_time acct="mehdi" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41896.680525] audit: type=1110 audit(1633886376.416:498): pid=150779 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_faillock,pam_permit,pam_env,pam_faillock acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41896.683524] audit: type=1105 audit(1633886376.419:499): pid=150779 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:session_open grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41896.708521] audit: type=1106 audit(1633886376.444:500): pid=150779 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:session_close grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41896.708743] audit: type=1104 audit(1633886376.444:501): pid=150779 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_faillock,pam_permit,pam_env,pam_faillock acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41902.891908] audit: type=1101 audit(1633886382.628:502): pid=150781 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:accounting grantors=pam_unix,pam_permit,pam_time acct="mehdi" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41902.893601] audit: type=1110 audit(1633886382.630:503): pid=150781 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_faillock,pam_permit,pam_env,pam_faillock acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
[41902.896455] audit: type=1105 audit(1633886382.633:504): pid=150781 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:session_open grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'

I got a sizeable amount of new problems starting on this system, but I don’t know if it’s hardware or software here. At least on another computer it always works. Granted this disk’s port is somewhat getting older but it takes less than it never takes more than 6 seconds to get the right positioning.
Thanks for your help, this disk problem is seriously getting on my nerves.

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What does lsusb return? Does the device show up in your file manager? Has this device already been formatted?

3

It’s usb 3.0 disk. Do you have it plugged into a usb 3.0 port?

4

I believe so, yes.

5

I never cared for what kind of usb port I had, nor ever had to, nor should.
It was packed full of data, and works on other computers (linux, not arch-based though).
Now it’s empty and with ext4, just to be sure, and because I realized that a 4.3 Go size limit was royal pain in the âøø.
I’ll try again and give lsusb.

6

Just to clarify. Are you saying that you have endeavourOS installed? and it won’t recognize any usb? Or the live usb isn’t recognized when plugged in?

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sorry, I’m surprised how I’m sometimes not clear at all in my messages.
yes endeavourOS is installed and it would not recognized the usb disk, but only that one. But we’ll never know since I formatted it in ext4, with a GPT partition table (can it even matter ?) and it works fine.
Thanks nonetheless.