Here is my output: Mar 26 19:21:21 felix-ThinkPad-X121e kernel: [30941.965745] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 31 using ehci-pci Mar 26 19:21:21 felix-ThinkPad-X121e kernel: [30942.059307] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=2a47, idProduct=0c02 Mar 26 19:21:21 felix-ThinkPad-X121e kernel: [30942.059318] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4 Mar 26 19:21:21 felix-ThinkPad-X121e kernel: [30942.059324] usb 2-1.2: Product: Aquaris_E4.5 Mar 26 19:21:21 felix-ThinkPad-X121e kernel: [30942.059329] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: BQ Mar 26 19:21:21 felix-ThinkPad-X121e kernel: [30942.059333] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: JU001349 Mar 26 19:21:21 felix-ThinkPad-X121e mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 31: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2" Mar 26 19:21:21 felix-ThinkPad-X121e mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 31 was not an MTP device Mar 26 19:21:47 felix-ThinkPad-X121e wpa_supplicant[967]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED Mar 26 19:21:48 felix-ThinkPad-X121e wpa_supplicant[967]: nl80211: send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 Nautilus shows no external drive. On 26 March 2015 at 19:08, Alan Pope 