This afternoon, I tried connecting my camera to my laptop as I usually do to transfer images and charge it up at the same time, and… nothing.
I tried a mouse. I tried a NFC reader… nothing. No power, no data. But I have a BT500 Bluetooth dongle that does seem to be recognized: the kernel tries to load something or other into it, then it fails, disconnect, reconnect, rinse, repeat.
The BT dongle is the only thing I have that seems to do something with the port, so it’s not completely dead. But nothing else does anything anymore. Wiggling the plug or inserting it slowly, or sideways, doesn’t change anything.
I figured maybe something had gone wrong with a kernel update, so I upgraded again today, to no avail.
It’s the USB-A port on the right-hand side closest to the front of the machine. It’s never been physically abused in any way, so I’m not sure what happened.
Any advice?