Can't mount USB3 HD

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I have a fully updated Tumbleweed/XFCE install.
When I plug in my external USB3 HD into a USB 2 port. I get the following:


2015-11-24T15:35:03.489992-05:00 tower kernel:  1630.281039] usb 4-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
2015-11-24T15:35:03.604003-05:00 tower kernel:  1630.395046] usb 4-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
2015-11-24T15:35:03.818990-05:00 tower kernel:  1630.610033] usb 4-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
2015-11-24T15:35:04.021990-05:00 tower kernel:  1630.813034] usb 4-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
2015-11-24T15:35:04.134989-05:00 tower kernel:  1630.926032] usb 4-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
2015-11-24T15:35:04.349991-05:00 tower kernel:  1631.141042] usb 4-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
2015-11-24T15:35:04.552991-05:00 tower kernel:  1631.344046] usb 4-2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd
2015-11-24T15:35:04.960991-05:00 tower kernel:  1631.752023] usb 4-2: device not accepting address 4, error -71
2015-11-24T15:35:05.062999-05:00 tower kernel:  1631.854050] usb 4-2: new full-speed USB device number 5 using uhci_hcd
2015-11-24T15:35:05.470994-05:00 tower kernel:  1632.262021] usb 4-2: device not accepting address 5, error -71
2015-11-24T15:35:05.471022-05:00 tower kernel:  1632.262063] usb usb4-port2: unable to enumerate USB device

I don’t remember if I have tried this drive under Tumbleweed, but it did mount under 13.2
The device does mount in a fully updated Debian Stretch install in a USB 2 port.
Can anyone tell me why this might be happening and how to fix it?

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After a bunch of wrong assumptions on my part, user embar- (thanks, embar-!) got a solution for my problem. Perhaps it will help yours:

https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/507409-KDE4-takes-a-minute-to-recognize-USB3-pendrive?p=2727619#post2727619

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After a 24 hour shut down, I booted up, plugged the drive in… and it mounted. Not updates after the shutdown. I guess I’ll just have to keep a look on it.