And that goes for every of mine External HDDs, USB 3.0 ports are working fine. When I connect mouse receiver in it (2.0), it's working fine.
lsusb output when connected to usb 2.0:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5139 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b3d8 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
lsusb output when connected to usb 3.0 no. 1:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5139 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b3d8 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 015: ID 152d:2329 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20329 SATA Bridge
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
lsusb output when connected to usb 3.0 no. 2:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5139 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b3d8 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 016: ID 152d:2329 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20329 SATA Bridge
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
dmesg | grep USB when connected to 3.0:
[68215.576480] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 16 using xhci_hcd
[68215.713288] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2329
[68215.713292] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5
[68215.713294] usb 1-2: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge
[68215.713871] usb-storage 1-2:1.0:USB Mass Storage device detected
dmesg | grep USB when connected to 2.0:
just one more line about disconnection...
[68501.356512] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 16
which is about disconnecting HDD from the USB 2.0 port.
ls /dev/ | grep sd (with device disconnected)
sda
sda1
sdb
sdb1
ls /dev/ | grep sd (after connecting)
sda
sda1
sdb
sdb1
sudo fdisk -l | grep /dev/sd (USB 2.0)
Disk /dev/sda: 232,9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
/dev/sda1 * 2048 488396579 488394532 232,9G 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 22,4 GiB, 24015495168 bytes, 46905264 sectors
/dev/sdb1 2048 46903295 46901248 22,4G Linux swap
sudo fdisk -l | grep /dev/sd (USB 3.0)
Disk /dev/sda: 232,9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
/dev/sda1 * 2048 488396579 488394532 232,9G 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 22,4 GiB, 24015495168 bytes, 46905264 sectors
/dev/sdb1 2048 46903295 46901248 22,4G Linux swap
Disk /dev/sdc: 931,5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
/dev/sdc1 2048 1953521663 1953519616 931,5G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
sudo udevadm monitor in USB 2.0
gives no output, but power is in it, because I can charge phone via it
EDIT:
On Linux Mint 17.2 (the same machine) all of USB ports are working! Is there any way to "port" those settings ,or whatever is affecting it, to Ubuntu?