Problems detecting ethernet interface on preinstalled OMAP3 Natty (11.04) (Beagleboard rev C4)

Hi!

I managed to boot the following headless Ubuntu image:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OMAPHeadlessInstall

I'm using the typical usb hub with embedded ethernet (as sold by
SpecialComputing) which I'm also using to power the board via one of
the usb sockets. I can see that the hub shows up in dmesg but there's
no indication of the ethernet interface. ifconfig -a does not show the
device (only the loop interface). lsmod does not show a single usb
device. When I connect a standard usb mouse it shows up as detected.
Any hints?

Best!

German