On 24/02/07, javajunkie javajunkie@koyuru.com wrote:
Hi,
On FC6 on a Dell laptop I have VMWare server installed, and it runs a Windows XP Home Edition VM.
Same here.
Same problem I thought after reading your post but then read more carefully...
Although USB devices (printers, memory sticks) work fine in FC6, the VM cannot see them. When I look in Removable Media -> USB in VMWare, there is nothing there. I tried with my printer, my memory stick, and my Dell Axim x50v. lsusb does in fact show the devices.
Note that all these devices work fine in VMWare on a neighboring Kubuntu desktop, with one caveat: a USB device is seen only after an additional USB device is connected, and only the first device shows. That means that if I want to use my USB printer, I must turn on the printer, then inset my memory stick. Only then does VM see the printer (and it still doesn't see the memory stick). So I know that VMWare has problems with USB, but at least it works on the kubuntu desktop.
Ok my fc6 works similarly. When I give the vm focus and plug in two usb devices, one will show after I click a warning box (from fc6 I think) saying the device is in use and will be disconnected before continuing.
I was able to see an sd card from my camera which is all I tried.
Do you have VM --> settings -->usb controller -->mount new device when in focus checked (paraphrased that last part)?
Shawn
Shawn, I didn't even have USB Controller under VM --> Settings. So that go me thinking, and I added these lines to the VMX file: usb.present = "TRUE" usb.generic.autoconnect = "TRUE"
And now USB works!
Thanks for the push in the right direction.
Dotan Cohen
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