On my experience with last Robert's Kernel (3.8.13-bone28) the only way to reliable USB hotplug is to disable USB suspend when compiling Kernel.
juanjo@boil:~$ uname -a Linux boil 3.8.13-bone28 #6 PREEMPT Wed Sep 25 15:18:48 CLT 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux juanjo@boil:~$ zcat /proc/config.gz |grep USB_SUSPEND # CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND is not set On Thursday, October 3, 2013 1:38:23 PM UTC-3, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 11:27 AM, <catalina...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > I've experienced the same problem. My BBB does not recognize newly > plugged > > in USB hardware (an XBee dongle and an Arduino). I'm running Debian > with > > kernel 3.8.13. I can "wake up" the USB by typing: > > > > lsusb -v > > > > After issuing this command, my USB device powers on and runs as > expected. > > The -v is important. Without it, the hardware remains powered off and > > unrecognized. > > "uname -r" what you describe should have been fixed... > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.