Hi, Jude DaShiell wrote: > [10200.545324] usb 3-1: Product: DISK > [10200.545329] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Realtek > [10200.545637] usb-storage 3-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > [10200.546006] scsi host6: usb-storage 3-1:1.0 > [10201.560487] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM Realtek Driver Storage 1.00 > PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS > [10201.566607] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr1] scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy > [10201.588298] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
Looks like the device is emulating a CD-ROM which offers driver files to MS-Windows for automatic installation. The web says that this happens when the device does not get the right answers from the operating system which indicate that the drivers are already installed. An Archlinux thread proposes to use a program named usb_modeswitch to get the device out of this mode https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=228195 Debian has it in a package https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/usb-modeswitch I find its home page somehow confusing https://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ But the web says that it is supposed to work automagically for known devices. Have a nice day :) Thomas
