Hello all, I am experiencing something odd, not sure how to resolve. I am running a small Wx station for the company on an older 32 bit Ubuntu server running natty. the WxStation connects via USB and works very well on this server. When I run lsusb:

:~# lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1941:8021 Dream Link WH1080 Weather Station / USB Missile Launcher
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1a40:0101 TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
:~#

the Weather station is the WH1080. For my config in wview, I access the device from the wx station with /dev/usb/hiddev0 and as I said everything works fine. But the server is getting long in the tooth, and I had another box become available. However, it is a 64bit server, and I installed 12.04 on it rather than 11 to try get on the LTS. When I connect the USB wxstation to it, and run lsusb - I get:

:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1941:8021 Dream Link WH1080 Weather Station / USB Missile Launcher
@metacuda:~#

So I think it is detecting things correctly. Even when I look in /dev - there is a usb folder just after I connect the usb device, with a hiddev0 in it - but by the time I try to configure it, this device is gone. the entire usb just disappears, and wview is never able to communicate with this USB device.

Just wondering if this is a known issue with 12.04, the 64 bit arch - or if I am doing something wrong. Any assistance with this matter is greatly appreciated.