11.1 with vmware can't see multiple USB-serial devices

I’m using a Vmware image of Open Suse 11.1. When I plug in two USB-RS232 converters, both devices show up as selected in the VMware border, but only /dev/ttyUSB0 is visible in Suse 11.1. Using the same devices, on the same laptop, I am able to see both /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1 in a Suse 10.3 vmware image.

Could this be a configuration issue? Or should I report a bug?

Another interesting thing is that lsusb and dmesg do not see the 2nd USB device being plugged in. I can plug the cables in either port and in either order, and the first one plugged in is always recognized, but the second one is not.

The solution turned out to be upgrading my VM player from 2.0 to 2.5.