When the system is installed and booted to work no USB port works:

returns nothing

The board is not broken, as in the latest sunxi u-boot (of late 2016) the USB is enumerated and even USB devices respond and list partititons and work.

The moment the control is passed to the kernel, any activity ceases to exist.

Just to inform and help others having this issue.

The issue has been reported, a solution is under way, best case even today.

As soon as it is confirmed to be fixed, this thread will be marked as solved of course.

The board is working, i repeat, it's not the board

The new kernels are out now and it all works here. I've had to compile the AXP20 power regulator into the Kernel since I couldn't get it working when built as a module -- it used to in Linux 4.4 though.

m(._.)m
Kindest thanks for the swiftest response!

The kind of service I'm proud about with LQ and Slackware!

I will report back tomorrow sometime, but before i have questions:

Did You omit to update ARM changelog on purpose or out of impatience to report to us first, so we can provide feedback ASAP?

Where I not off site from my B_Pi the new kernel would have been burnt on it already :P
:-J

The change log is up to date. If you don't see it then you're looking at a cached copy or a mirror that's not yet updated.

O_o
I see, i looked at the http://arm.slackware.com/ from You sig., assuming it's the original :-]
here:
ftp://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwar.../ChangeLog.txt
yet the packages are in place for 4.8.1 elsewhere in the tree?

ah it rolled out now?

I'm not sure what you've been looking at, but the updates to ftp.arm.slackware.com are pushed out in one go.
Perhaps you were looking at the change logs on www.slackware.com ? Those are updated every hour or something like that.

"<static noise> Roger HQ,<static noise> the core just hit the bare-metal"

images for 1k of words instead :-)

I can only say one thing:
WOO-HOO
o/\o (<- ^ high five 5)

it works (2 devices and tested and lsusb works)

:'-)

'love the cute B_Pi now

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Good!

Which terminal client is that?

it sounds like the last client ever served (pun?)

here answers (I'm in mood of screenshots ATM)

trusty old xfce4-terminal and Your very own screen command

and a bit of eye candy (for my old sore eyes)
A custom hacked Ater theme with NOX color scheme with the excellent Moka icon set
Ater for xfce is not maintained any more (pity)

why?

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