[hoary] 2 usb2 drives connected to a usb2 hub: only one appears

[Philippe Landau]

hello Christoph
> I have an usb2 hub and have 2 usb2 drives connected to it. In ubuntu i
> see only one drive (for example in the hal device manager). both
> drives work when i connect them directly to the usb port.
usb hubs are notoriously problematic,
especially unpowered ones.
the second drive may be missing some power ?

kind regards     philippe