Two USB ports dissappeared...

[jack craig]

On 08/06/2009 01:22 PM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
> Hello Everyone
> 	I am running a Fedora 11 system based on the Supermicro SuperWorkstation
> 5046AXB.  It has approximately 10-12 USB ports, with two on the front of the
> machine that are very handy for my camera and card reader.  Unfortunately, those
> two ports in front seem to have disappeared as far as Fedora is concerned.  I
> can plug my card reader into a port in the back and it automounts right away.
> But plugging anything into the front two ports does nothing.  Nothing in
> /var/log/messages, nothing...  Just to be sure I unplugged the cable that those
> two ports are connected to and plugged it back into the motherboard.  Still
> nothing.  My bios is set to support 12 USB ports.
> 	The really strange thing is that I have knowingly done nothing to cause this.
> The only thing that I can think of is that I just installed a DVD burner and
> perhaps something got damaged then.  Unfortunately I can't remember if I have
> used those USB ports since I put the DVD burner in.  I have even tried booting
> into a different kernel, to see if that might be the issue.  No joy...
> 	I'm hoping it is as simple as getting a new one of the removable unit that
> contains any optical drives I might have, in addition to the power button, reset
> button, two USB ports and assorted lights.
>
> Thank you in advance for anything you can do to help me :)
>
> Steven P. Ulrick
>
>    
how about looking at dmesg output after boot, any burps in the hw 
enumeration?

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