USB hubs and storage no go on 2.6.17-2

[Andrew Sharp <andy@netfall.com>]

Howdy listers,

I'm running etch with a custom compiled 2.6.19 and it sure seems to work
brilliantly better that the Debian 2.6.17 kernel package when it comes
to USB storage and USB hubs.  In other words, those didn't work at all
on the 2.6.17-? kernel package.

It seems that those don't work unless you choose 'desktop environment'
in tasksel, which I don't do because I like to keep 1GB of disk space
free of Gbloatware.

Does anybody know if USB storage and hubs work better on the latest
2.6.18 package?

Cheers,

a