I should mention that this machine is an old beast and is starting to have hardware problems (for example, the sound is cutting out; not a Linux-only problem), but this USB problem is repeatable consistently and the builtin USB ports otherwise work.
I should mention that this machine is an old beast and is starting to have hardware problems (for example, the sound is cutting out; not a Linux-only problem), but this USB problem is repeatable consistently and the builtin USB ports otherwise work.