hotplugging never woked for me out-of-the-box, with some acpiphp mods it was with kernel 12.04, but only when inserting card with disk connected to it.
Tested it with Ubuntu 3.9.0-6-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 Some new behaviour booting with express card inserted works, also inserting end reinserting the USB disk works fine. after reinserting the card, it is detected again, but pluging in the USB disk, get this errors: ACPI: Device does not support D3cold (mouse behavour is slow again, till I removed the card) Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.689068] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: remove, state 4 Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.689086] usb usb4: USB disconnect, device number 1 Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.690001] xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called for root hub Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.690009] xHCI xhci_check_bandwidth called for root hub Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.690430] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: Host not halted after 16000 microseconds. Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.690436] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: USB bus 4 deregistered Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.690490] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: remove, state 4 Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.690494] usb usb3: USB disconnect, device number 1 Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.690933] xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called for root hub Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.690936] xHCI xhci_check_bandwidth called for root hub Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.691244] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: Host not halted after 16000 microseconds. Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.691577] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: USB bus 3 deregistered Jun 24 14:39:43 roland-ppt kernel: [23073.698997] ACPI: Device does not support D3cold -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006765 Title: 1033:0194 Hot plugging USB3.0 express card Not possible To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1006765/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs