Thanks for everyone's help. It was, indeed, an electrical issue. I took a powered USB hub and put it between the PC and the 8x8 and Midiman instantly showed up on lsusb Again, thanks for all your help! brad Brad Fuller wrote: > Marije Baalman wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> FWIW: >> I have a similar problem with the 2x2: >> when I connect the device, it shortly shows up in lsusb, then the leds >> on the device all blink once, and then it does not show up anymore in >> lsusb. >> Other usb devices work fine. >> The MidiSport 2x2 works fine after a reboot, while the MidiSport 2x2 >> is still plugged in; it then immediately gives the nice burning >> USB-led sign that it is allright, even before I start booting Linux. >> >> > Thanks for the input. I tried different configurations (rebooting with > it plugged in, out... etc.) Unfortunately, my 8x8 does not behave like > your 2x2. At this point, I'm stumped. I'm wondering if it's a > hardware issues -- perhaps the voltage is just under a certain threshold. > > brad > >
