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So I've installed Ubuntu 17.10 on an external SSD and had it boot on my MacBook Pro A1706 (late 2016), works like a charm (installed the keyboard/touchbar module).
I have an external ThunderBolt 3 (USB type C) SSD drive. When I connect it, Ubuntu doesn't recognize it. lspci shows Thunderbolt is available. When connecting the drive to MacOS, it works perfectly.
Any ideas?
John Kalispera
Posted 2018-02-25T07:15:16.863
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Thunderbolt requires either that you manually authorize your devices. However no utility exists in current distributions for that. You can either try compiling yourself the tbtadm utility found here:
https://github.com/intel/thunderbolt-software-user-space
Or go the unsafe way as described in the kernel documentation:
Those users who just want to connect any device without any sort of manual work, can add following line to /etc/udev/rules.d/99-local.rules:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="thunderbolt", ATTR{authorized}=="0", ATTR{authorized}="1"
This will authorize all devices automatically when they appear. However, keep in mind that this bypasses the security levels and makes the system vulnerable to DMA attacks.
wazoox
Posted 2018-02-25T07:15:16.863
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Anything in the logfiles when you plug it in? Does it work if you plug it in before booting from the other SSD? – Hennes – 2018-02-25T10:46:57.917
What filesystem is the partition formatted to? – Simon Sheehan – 2018-02-28T02:36:29.027