Hello everyone,
i've got debian installed (playing with sid) on an ASUS A7V333 mobo.
I've installed the 2.6.15 kernel and everything seems to be working ok.
The only problem that i'm facing is that out of 6 usb ports that i have (4 at the back of the case and 2 in a front panel), only **update** two work (both at the back).
I've got a usb dongle which i need to use.

An 'lsusb' with the dongle not connected shows:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

whereas when the dongle is on (on either of these 2 ports) i get:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0781:7104 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro Mini 256MB Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

or

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:7104 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro Mini 256MB Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

'lspci' shows:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
0000:00:09.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:09.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:09.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT86C100A [Rhine] (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
0000:00:10.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 0a)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)

Is there anything i need to configure in order for the rest of the ports to work?
Thanx in advance

Are they enabled in the bios?

What does lsmod show? You should see several usb modules listed. This is assuming all usb ports worked before or work now under other operating system.
Just to be clear what version of Debian and did you install 2.6.15 kernel from Debian linux-image or during install from cd?

Thanx for replying.
Here's the output of 'lsmod':
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 2048 -
nls_cp437 5672 -
vfat 13896 -
fat 53572 -
sd_mod 18296 -
usb_storage 68640 -
scsi_mod 148360 -
md5 4040 -
ipv6 274048 -
nvidia 4091536 -
binfmt_misc 11952 -
lp 11652 -
rtc 13916 -
8250_pnp 8680 -
8250 24180 -
serial_core 23048 -
irtty_sir 8904 -
sir_dev 19340 -
floppy 61988 -
parport_pc 36420 -
parport 38024 -
irda 193276 -
crc_ccitt 2024 -
ehci_hcd 33136 -
usbcore 135044 -
joydev 9824 -
shpchp 48864 -
pci_hotplug 10636 -
via_agp 9928 -
agpgart 35656 -
snd_emu10k1 125956 -
snd_rawmidi 23616 -
snd_ac97_codec 95784 -
snd_pcm 92456 -
snd_timer 25644 -
snd_ac97_bus 2152 -
via_rhine 25100 -
snd_page_alloc 10928 -
snd_util_mem 4488 -
snd_hwdep 8448 -
snd 49208 -
soundcore 10112 -
ide_cd 43268 -
cdrom 41344 -
mii 5704 -
unix 29488 -
reiserfs 246832 -
ide_disk 18760 -
ide_generic 1256 -
via82cxxx 9196 -
generic 4492 -
ide_core 127860 -
evdev 9664 -

As for the question whether they're enabled or not, i've got a dual-boot with windows where they're working fine.

You seem to have needed modules. Are you using gnome volume manager? There have been posts about newer kernels and GVM not working but that after more updates thngs were fixed up.If you use other desktop also usbmount program may help but would require turning off GVM.
I use Etch/Sid with 2.6.14x kernel without that problem but 2.6.15x kernels users have complained. Hopefully things will get fixed pronto. Maybe dracae has more current info/help.

Yes, i'm using GVM (gnome 2.12.3). I'll wait for the next kernel update and see.
Thanx a lot once again for replying.