Resolved: [PLUG] Detecting Drive in USB IDE Enclosure

[Richard C. Steffens]

Robert Citek wrote:
> Richard C. Steffens wrote:
>> I bought an Nspire OT352 at ENU. ... Now, how do I make Linux
>> use it?
> 
> It should have been automagical.

<...>

> Good luck and let us know how things go.

Here's how things went.

It turns out that the cable that comes with the Nspire doesn't work on
my Linux machine, but a generic USB cable that I use with my Epson
Stylus PHOTO R220 does work with it.

After about 100 lines of error messages, and less than 1/2 way through
the set of messages, this helpful line appears:

hub 4-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 5.  Maybe the USB cable is bad?

Based on knowing that my printer cable works and the one that came with
the USB IDE enclosure doesn't, I assumed that the cable provided with
the enclosure was bad and returned the whole thing to ENU for a
replacement. When I got it home I had the same problem -- the provided
cable does not work, but my printer cable does.

I'll just go with the printer cable. I won't be using the enclosure a
lot, so it won't be that big a hassle to switch the cable.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens