On 11/13/19 8:55 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 11/14/19 12:31 PM, Todd Chester via users wrote:
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> On 11/13/19 5:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 11/14/19 8:51 AM, Todd Chester via users wrote:
>>>
>>> Fedora 31
>>> qemu-kvm-4.1.0-5.fc31.x86_64
>>>
>>> If I have a virtual machine running and I insert a
>>> flash drive into a USB socket, the virtual machine
>>> steels the flash drive from the host, not that it
>>> will actually work in the VM, which they don't.
>>> To get them to work in my VM's I have to add them
>>> as a piece of hardware to my configuration, then
>>> they work.
>>>
>>> I have to exit all my VM's to be able to see my flash
>>> drives again from the hosts system (FC31). This is
>>> a pain in the neck.
>>>
>>> Any way around this?
>>
>> If you are using the Virtual Machine Manager?
>
> Yes
>
>>
>> On the top Menu select "Virtual Machine--->Redirect USB Device" and
>> uncheck the flash drive in question
>> to release it and return it to the host system.
>
> I did. It does not work.
>
> :'(
>
Well, it works fine for me here on multiple hosts.
If you want to keep the guest from grabbing the USB device you could
always remove the USB Redirect from
the HW in the guest.
Any of your VM's Windows 7 Pro or Windows 10 Pro?