I have an external SSD connected to my computer running Ubuntu 22.04. Previously the drive would just pop up and mount automatically. When that did not happen I tried to mount it manually but the mount command just froze. I have tried the following commands to gather some more information:
sudo dmesg
[2750343.429612] usb 4-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 16 using xhci_hcd
[2750343.450582] usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0080, idProduct=a001, bcdDevice= 2.03
[2750343.450592] usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[2750343.450596] usb 4-2: Product: External USB 3.0
[2750343.450599] usb 4-2: Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
[2750343.450601] usb 4-2: SerialNumber: 2015033100063
[2750343.456566] scsi host0: uas
[2750343.457490] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access TO Exter nal USB 3.0 0203 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[2750343.458897] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[2750343.460013] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/466 GiB)
[2750343.460018] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 4096-byte physical blocks
[2750343.460206] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[2750343.460209] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 53 00 00 08
[2750343.460590] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[2750343.460964] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Optimal transfer size 33553920 bytes not a multiple of physical block size (4096 bytes)
[2750346.811308] kauditd_printk_skb: 239 callbacks suppressed
[2750346.811317] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220667): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="snap.discord.discord" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="unconfined"
[2750346.811321] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220668): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="snap.discord.discord" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="unconfined"
[2750346.811322] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220669): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="snap.discord.discord" name="/proc/482633/cmdline" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
[2750346.811324] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220670): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="snap.discord.discord" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="unconfined"
[2750346.811325] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220671): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="snap.discord.discord" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="unconfined"
[2750346.811329] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220672): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="snap.discord.discord" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="unconfined"
[2750346.811336] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220673): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="snap.discord.discord" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="unconfined"
[2750346.811349] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220674): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="snap.discord.discord" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="unconfined"
[2750346.811356] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220675): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="snap.discord.discord" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="unconfined"
[2750346.811369] audit: type=1400 audit(1667919642.844:111220676): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="snap.discord.discord" pid=1825137 comm="Utils" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="unconfined"
lsusb
Bus 004 Device 016: ID 0080:a001 Unknown JMS578 based SATA bridge
Bus 004 Device 013: ID 2357:0601 TP-Link UE300 10/100/1000 LAN (ethernet mode) [Realtek RTL8153]
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 06cb:00f0 Synaptics, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 30c9:000f Luxvisions Innotech Limited HP HD Camera
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. AX201 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 4K 1 loop /snap/bare/5
loop1 7:1 0 6.3M 1 loop /snap/curl/1113
loop2 7:2 0 63.2M 1 loop /media/nickshiell/disk
loop3 7:3 0 163.3M 1 loop /snap/firefox/1635
loop4 7:4 0 400.8M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/112
loop5 7:5 0 346.3M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/119
loop6 7:6 0 91.7M 1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop7 7:7 0 45.9M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/582
loop8 7:8 0 238M 1 loop /snap/firefox/1993
loop9 7:9 0 48M 1 loop /snap/snapd/17029
loop10 7:10 0 284K 1 loop /snap/snapd-desktop-integration/14
loop11 7:11 0 45.9M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/599
loop12 7:12 0 72.8M 1 loop /snap/core22/310
loop13 7:13 0 81.3M 1 loop /snap/discord/143
loop14 7:14 0 414.3M 1 loop /snap/gnome-42-2204/29
loop15 7:15 0 63.2M 1 loop /snap/core20/1695
loop16 7:16 0 48M 1 loop /snap/snapd/17336
loop17 7:17 0 63.2M 1 loop /snap/core20/1634
loop18 7:18 0 6.3M 1 loop /snap/curl/1256
sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
nvme0n1 259:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 500M 0 part /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 128M 0 part
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 350M 0 part
├─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 110.2G 0 part /media/nickshiell/E2A2C1AAA2C1840F
├─nvme0n1p5 259:5 0 93.3G 0 part /media/nickshiell/New Volume
└─nvme0n1p6 259:6 0 727.1G 0 part /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell
The drive is sda (but no numbers appear) and it is connected to USB by "Bus 004 Device 016: ID 0080:a001 Unknown JMS578 based SATA bridge"
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT 1:
I tried the following command that I found as a solution to a similar problem:
sudo e2fsck -fccky /dev/sda
with the following result:
e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
e2fsck: No such device or address while trying to open /dev/sda
Possibly non-existent or swap device?
EDIT 2:
After leaving the drive plugged in for sometime, it appears to have connected since an icon appears in the taskbar. However when I try to click it I get the error "Unable to Access an operation is already pending"
