[sf-lug] Weird USB problem, maybe hardware

[Akkana Peck]

aaronco36 at sdf.org writes:
> Quoting Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> from
> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2022q1/015551.html :
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> I've tried:
[various stuff]
> Anyone know what makes a computer's USB port look different from a
> charge-only port? And is there a way to fix it if it fails?
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> While the same "old" Kobo and cable may seem to work just fine solely on
> the older laptop running Debian and on the husband's Mac, another question
> I have is, Do you have possible access to a known fully-working Kobo of
> the same or more recent vintage?

What qualifies as "known fully-working"? My Kobo works with any
computer other than my Lenovo, so it would seem to be fully working
with any other computer. But I just borrowed another Kobo (a
slightly older model, N905 instead of N905C) and verified that it
doesn't see my computer and pop up the connect dialog either.

        ...Akkana