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. -- 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.