Re: Need some advice please.

[Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net>]

The USB hub is plugged into the USB on the computer and does not have a 
power adapter with it, the seagate does not have a power adapter just a 
special plug with a usb on one end and the right one for the seagate but 
no power supply.

If I remove the USB hub I will not have a key board to use at all.  The 
mouse is plugged into the computer.  I have a Lenovo Think model and it 
does not have enough usb ports.

Before all of this I screwed with the /var and became unable to download 
updates or any files at all and brasero will not work so I can back up 
my home partition.  I screwed the pooch on this one and at 72 years old 
I have forgotten a lot of stuff.


> HDMI is for monitors, not for USB devices.
> Some USB ports can be used as display ports, but the opposite won't 
> work. There are no USB to HDMI adapters for your use case.
>
> Is your USB hub self-powered (ie. via a power adapter), or is it only 
> using USB ?
> Same for the seagate, does it only have a USB port, no power adapter ?
>
> Also, can't you remove the USB hub to plug the Seagate directly to the 
> computer ?
>
> Do you have another computer and/or disk drive ?
>
> PS: I didn't follow your previous posts as enough users were helping, 
> please gimme the name and/or URL so I can read it