| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> I tried on same port , it still not visible in that | 02:06 |
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| TJ- | metpr The USB vendor:device ID strongly suggests the device claimed a fake capacity (has much smaller than claimed) and writing to it caused its fake firmware to fail. This is a common problem although it was more common a few years ago when large capacity devices were more expensive | 02:45 |
| lubot | [telegram] <JoyTheGreat7> Has anyone else managed to put a dark theme system wide, as in on file manager, task manager and everywhere | 02:48 |
| lubot | [telegram] <JoyTheGreat7> The only that sucks about lubuntu is the bright af theme | 02:48 |
| kc2bez | @JoyTheGreat7 I use Kvantum and it works well for me. https://discourse.lubuntu.me/t/screenshot-thread/221/5?u=kc2bez | 02:51 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> How can i check if it was showing fake capacity ! (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <TJ-> metpr The USB vendor:device ID strongly suggests the device claimed a fake capacity (has much smaller than claimed) and writing to it caused its fake firmware to fail. This is a common problem although it was more common a few years ago when large capacity devices were more expensive) | 03:19 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Is there any way to use that usb normally as before | 03:19 |
| TJ- | metpr once they get corrupted firmware thats it - if that is the case then throw it away. | 03:21 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Oh if its not the case then | 03:21 |
| TJ- | metpr the device reporting the vendor ID as ffff is the sign it is likey corrupted and the cause was likely it is a fake. What capacity did it claim to be originally, and how long ago was it purchased? | 03:22 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> 32 gb | 03:22 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> It was showing 29 gb usable | 03:23 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Just 2 months ago | 03:23 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> I first time used it for boot linux , my bad luck i should have gone with 4 gb stick , | 03:23 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> I have 1 more similar 32 gb stick , btw its working fine | 03:24 |
| TJ- | a few years ago many that claimed to be 32GB were actually 4 or 8GB (the better fakes wrapped around writes to them so for a really-4GB-device the first 4GB written to it was fine but then it would return to offset 0 for the 2nd 4GB ... the bad fakes managed to currupt their own firmware when the writes wrap around | 03:24 |
| TJ- | metpr what does "lsusb" report the ID of the other good USB ? | 03:25 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Let me check wait | 03:25 |
| TJ- | and what brand/make/model do these claim to be? | 03:25 |
| TJ- | Maybe we can at least determine if these are reported as fakes already | 03:25 |
| TJ- | It is possible you just had bad luck with one | 03:25 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Yh i found the result of lsusb | 03:30 |
| TJ- | metpr what is the reported ID of that good device? | 03:30 |
| TJ- | The bad one was ffff:1201 | 03:31 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> https://matterbridge.lubuntu.me/7d51a0ea/file_3195.jpg | 03:31 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Ahh its gift from my friend , the company's name is jakson (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <TJ-> and what brand/make/model do these claim to be?) | 03:32 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> I forgot the command i put to find this result , 😅 (re @metpr: ) | 03:33 |
| TJ- | 048d:1234 ... that ID having "1234" sounds made-up to me -- too convenient. I'll do some digging | 03:34 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Okey mate | 03:34 |
| TJ- | metpr initial results suggest these devices have a buggy controller made by ChipBank and there may be (MS Windows) software to repair them | 03:35 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Okey so can u suggest me what to do with it | 03:36 |
| TJ- | metpr throw it away - if it has corrupted, even if you could repair it partially, you cannot trust it again. The recovery process is complicated and usually requires using Windows tools that come from questionable sources too, which is never good | 03:46 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Okey | 03:54 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> And the usb which is working | 03:54 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Should i throw it too | 03:54 |
| lubot | [telegram] <JoyTheGreat7> Yeah I tried installing kvantum, but it affected everything except the file manager, (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <kc2bez> @JoyTheGreat7 I use Kvantum and it works well for me. https://discourse.lubuntu.me/t/screenshot-thread/221/5?u=kc2bez) | 03:57 |
| TJ- | metpr no, but don't write too much to it. Assume it is 4GB for safety. There is a tool to allow you to test its capacity | 03:57 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Okey i will use minimum then | 03:58 |
| TJ- | metpr we have the package "f3" that can test a device for being a fake | 03:59 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> How to use it , any guide to use it (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <TJ-> metpr we have the package "f3" that can test a device for being a fake) | 03:59 |
| TJ- | metpr install that, read its man-page, and test the remaining currently-good device. It might even give some understandable results for the bad device | 03:59 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Where is that f3 package ! (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <TJ-> metpr install that, read its man-page, and test the remaining currently-good device. It might even give some understandable results for the bad device) | 04:00 |
| TJ- | metpr see http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/en/man1/f3probe.1.html | 04:01 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> 👍 | 04:01 |
| TJ- | metpr there are other executable tools in that package as well, f3read, f3write, f3fix, f3brew. A very long time since I used them so can't help other than telling you to read the man pages for each | 04:02 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Its so technical | 04:02 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Okey sure (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <TJ-> metpr there are other executable tools in that package as well, f3read, f3write, f3fix, f3brew. A very long time since I used them so can't help other than telling you to read the man pages for each) | 04:03 |
| TJ- | All computing is technical! | 04:03 |
| TJ- | It is a miracle that anything ever works at all | 04:04 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Yups lol | 04:04 |
| TJ- | right now our computers are executing billions of instructions every second, for hours/days/weeks on end | 04:04 |
| TJ- | most of those instructions are "idle" | 04:04 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> I hope this f3 don't corrupt my usable pendrive | 04:06 |
| TJ- | metpr if you use f3write it could... but then again, if the device is that poor better the test programs do it than it eats your data later | 04:08 |
| TJ- | metpr don't put anything on that USB that you don't have backups of, for sure | 04:08 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Okey | 12:43 |
| lubot | [telegram] <metpr> Thanks for help mate | 12:43 |
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