USB Hub not working after updates

[Derek Broughton]

Jeff wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 18:52 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Jeff
>> <captain.jeffrey.t.spaulding at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi, Have been using Hardy for a year and now after recent updates my
>> > Belkin USB Hub no longer works. Its not a hardware failure because the
>> > Hub works when i run it from the Hardy Live CD.
>> > Any clues please?
>> 
>> Man, that doesn't seem likely.  A USB hub is a pretty dumb piece of
>> equipment as I understand it.  For the price of 'em (under $10 CDN
>> around here) I'd try another one - are you sure it's not an
>> intermittant failure and it just happened to work when you had the
>> live cd on?  Or a cable or other device hooked into the hub isn't the
>> issue?  I have seen bad devices hang an entire USB port/chain
>> intermittantly.
>> 
> Its not a hardware issue as the Hub($50NZ) works fine on Jaunty and XP
> i duel boot with?  Thanks for the reply.

That doesn't make it not a hardware issue.  You'd need to try another hub -
as Brian says, they're not that smart, and it's really hard to imagine how
Jaunty makes a difference.
-- 
derek