USB hub failing under Monterey

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eurobubba OP

Created Jun ’21

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Anyone seeing trouble with external USB hubs after installing the Monterey developer beta?

I have an ikling FX-1940E hub that I've been using with my M1 MacBook Air. Everything worked fine under Big Sur, and still does on another machine still running Big Sur, but I can't connect a trackball or keyboard via the hub's USB 2.0 or 3.0 ports to the Air since installing Monterey. The hub's VGA port still works on Monterey; I haven't been able to test the other ports yet. Also, a different hub (with fewer ports, so it can't simply replace the ikling) does work.

I've reported the issue to Apple using the feedback assistant. Any suggestions for anything else I can do at my end?

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vladc OP

Dec ’22

same issues with my lg ultrafine 5k display (with usb-c => usb-a powered hub attached)

using monterey on an m1 pro 16" 2021

Jumpy64 OP

Jan ’23

Am running latest Monterey 12.6.3 on 2021 MBP Max and have an Eizo display, which has 4 USB ports and a RJ45 LAN port (what Eizo calls a 'docking function'), connected to my MBP via USB C. The LAN works (running a simple switcher for an internal network). The 4 USB A ports on the Eizo, however, do not show any signs of life. I tried the Terminal command suggested above (sudo killall -STOP -c usbd), to no avail, and Eizo actually referred me to this thread - seems they are as exasperated as the rest of us? In any case, I do hope that Apple will assign this high priority and sort it out without delay. Please. Thanks.

partytimexcellent OP

Feb ’23

I’m running 12.6 on a M1 Mac Mini. I’ve been using a plethora of USB devices (mostly 2.0, some 3.0) for years, across a variety of machines without issue, even daisy-chaining them through multiple USB hubs.

I decided to consolidate my hubs and bought a new Sabrent 10-port USB 3.0 (type A) hub with external 12v power supply and independent switches to turn on/off each port. After getting everything plugged in and powered up. Only my two WD external hard drives were recognized. Not my key/mouse dongle, not my audio interface, not my two midi controllers, not my printer, etc. The devices would power up but no data passed to the Mac.

At first I was ****** at Sabrent for a faulty product but now I know it’s actually Apple, delivering the faulty product. What a bunch of BS. Went back to my old mess of USB 2 hubs and all is well again. BOO Apple. Shame on you. USB 2 and 3 should be simple yet you can’t deliver. Shame.

skyshock21 OP

Nov ’23

I have this same issue on an M2 Max Studio running Ventura 13.6. I have an apple keyboard and trackpad connected via lightning<->USB-A to a KVM, and then via USB-A to the Mac Studio. The trackpad will move the mouse pointer around, but dies as soon as you click the keypad. I then moved the KVM output to a USB-A<->USB-C adapter, and plugged it into the USB-C port on the Mac studio, and it mostly works okay now, but the connection will lock up intermittently and I have to unplug the connection to the Mac studio, and plug it back in again. This typically happens after returning from screen saver, but I've had it happen before under normal active operation.

I had this exact same connection set up previously with a Mac Mini (2014) and it never gave me these sorts of issues with the I/O ports.

Tarek60 OP

Feb ’24

I don't see any action from Apple to resolve the problem with AX88179 in Monterey. I have the last 12.7.3. I downloaded the drive few times and still my USB ethernet drive is not working. Did any one have found a solution?