Beaglebone and powered usb hub issue

Hi I have recently bought a powered USB hub to work with the
beaglebone but I have encountered a weird issue that if I boot up the
beaglebone with the USB hub powered, beaglebone will fail to detect
the hub and devices connected to the hub. However if I plug in the
powered hub after it booted up or i boot the beaglebone with the hub
un-powered, it works as per normal. I can confirm that the devices do
not draw more than 500MA during this test.

Any one can tell me if this is normal before I run out to get a better
USB powered hub?

To add on, by detect, I meant being listed under lsusb command. If I
power the USB hub then plug in to a normal PC it works perfectly fine.

Same problem here.. did you find a solution?

Nope no solution yet, ran out and got another usb hub but apparently
the new one also uses the same chip.

On the advice of a friend, cutting the +ve to from the beaglebone usb
host port to the hub works though, but that would mean that there will
be no power to usb devices if the hub is not powered.

Hi,

I have a similar issue, but I am a complete beginner when it comes to electronics. What does “cut +ve” involve and is there a guide for how to do it?

-Kristian