I can confirm that adding the line "blacklist uas" into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (or /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-usb.conf in my case) solves the bug.
The harddrive seems to work perfectly over USB3.0 once this is done, even without adding a FAT32 partition. Oddly in kubuntu, plugging in the drive doesn't pop up the mount drive dialog box as usual, although the partitions still appear in dolphin and can be mounted and unmounted from there as usual. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828471 Title: USB3.0 External Harddrive fails to detect To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/828471/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs