I am happy to report that I now no longer reproduce the problem; it may be that the RO update server is faulty though. ---
I had to install some dependencies for running apport-collect and, in the process I switched from Romania updates server to the Main updates server (the Romanian one gave me some errors). After that I received some new updates (which the RO did not seem to have) and I rebooted. It is now working fine. I then had to install PyQt4, but pip3 always reported that it cannot find a source, so I ended up removing apport-kde (and it resorted to apport-cli I guess, which worked). @Joseph I am sure I was able to access the external HDD on this Ubuntu OS in the past, but I cannot pinpoint the exact moment in time, nor the kernel version; since changing the apt sources/update server seems to have fixed the problem, it doesn't matter any more. If you need anything on my part, please don't hesitate to ask, but I think that this can be closed (maybe try to investigate more regarding the mirror servers in RO ?). Thank you, guys, for the your time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563491 Title: usb storage devices are no longer recognised by the kernel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1563491/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
