oops, seems I forgot to report back. As already mentioned in comment #8, this is solved with kernel 3.6.0-17.27
I have since then upgraded to Raring and haven't seen this happening again, even without a BIOS update. Since there is no Windows or Lenovo partition on this laptop anymore I wouldn't know how to upgrade the BIOS anyway. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052064 Title: External USB hard disks are not seen when connected to docking station To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1052064/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs