USB Hub not working after updates

[Jeff]

On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 22:57 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
Of course you may be right but i dont want to buy a new hub so as a
quick fix i have decided to use Jaunty as my main desktop. Thanks.
Jeff