I have an external USB HDD which I think is broken. When I plug it in nothing happens. Can we confirm that is broken? Here is dmesg output:
[ 7998.225453] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 10
[ 8013.506794] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 11 using ehci_hcd
[ 8013.600080] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=059f, idProduct=102a
[ 8013.600092] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=10, Product=11, SerialNumber=5
[ 8013.600099] usb 2-1.2: Product: LaCie Device
[ 8013.600104] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: LaCie
[ 8013.600109] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 6E16FFFFFFFF
[ 8013.601756] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0
[ 8016.628008] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access ST950032 5AS PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
[ 8016.630465] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 8043.122441] not responding...
[ 8055.364940] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
[ 8055.364954] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 8055.364961] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 8055.364970] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 8055.364975] Sense Key : Unit Attention [current]
[ 8055.364987] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 8055.364999] Add. Sense: Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed
[ 8059.448001] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[ 8063.531287] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
[ 8063.531299] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 8109.447663] not responding...
[ 8130.915342] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
[ 8130.915348] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 8130.915351] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 8130.915354] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 8130.915356] Sense Key : Unit Attention [current]
[ 8130.915360] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 8130.915365] Add. Sense: Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed
[ 8139.081607] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[ 8147.247893] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
[ 8147.247899] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 8147.247903] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk