[opensuse] USB evice and VMware Server
Hi all, I am having no luck with accessing a USB device connected to my openSUSE11.0 from a WinXP machine running in VMware Server. According to VMware, I should be able be pick it from a list of removable devices, but this list is empty. This applies to cameras, phones... The USB devices are 'known' to openSUSE in the sense that there is an icon on the desktop - I assume this means they are mounted in some way. Anyone managed to get this working ? Have a save holiday, Diego -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, 2008-12-26 at 21:25 +1100, Diego Tognola wrote:
I am having no luck with accessing a USB device connected to my openSUSE11.0 from a WinXP machine running in VMware Server. According to VMware, I should be able be pick it from a list of removable devices, but this list is empty. This applies to cameras, phones... The USB devices are 'known' to openSUSE in the sense that there is an icon on the desktop - I assume this means they are mounted in some way.
Anyone managed to get this working ?
- From memory, so I could make mistakes. You have to enable usb on the vmware control "thing", before starting the guest: add an USB controller to the virtual hardware for the virtual machine. Then, boot the guest and try; if the guest is windows, it should say it has discovered new hardware. If you still can't see any usb devices in the guest, then you might need this line in fstab: usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto 0 0 There are several opinions about this, by the way. For example, here (for suse 10.2): http://en.opensuse.org/Setting_up_VMware_on_SUSE_Linux#Attaching_USB_Devices... says you need to do: mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb I found some links: http://en.opensuse.org/Setting_up_VMware_on_SUSE_Linux http://en.opensuse.org/Recovering_VMware_Workstation_After_a_Kernel_Update - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklVg3QACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XXOgCdG4MyxwRkF26Bq7hNalTWFCmi tN8AoJBPCwahXx/gtlBWLUpPt9u21Wsv =E3HP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-- http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:22:54 pm Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Friday, 2008-12-26 at 21:25 +1100, Diego Tognola wrote:
I am having no luck with accessing a USB device connected to my openSUSE11.0 from a WinXP machine running in VMware Server. According to VMware, I should be able be pick it from a list of removable devices, but this list is empty. This applies to cameras, phones... The USB devices are 'known' to openSUSE in the sense that there is an icon on the desktop - I assume this means they are mounted in some way.
Anyone managed to get this working ?
From memory, so I could make mistakes.
You have to enable usb on the vmware control "thing", before starting the guest: add an USB controller to the virtual hardware for the virtual machine. Then, boot the guest and try; if the guest is windows, it should say it has discovered new hardware.
If you still can't see any usb devices in the guest, then you might need this line in fstab:
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto 0 0
There are several opinions about this, by the way. For example, here (for suse 10.2):
http://en.opensuse.org/Setting_up_VMware_on_SUSE_Linux#Attaching_USB_Devices...
says you need to do:
mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb
I found some links:
http://en.opensuse.org/Setting_up_VMware_on_SUSE_Linux http://en.opensuse.org/Recovering_VMware_Workstation_After_a_Kernel_Update
-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Thanks Carlos, Just figured it out: first step was to upgrade to VMware Server 2.x (I was using 1.x). Second was indeed to change to auto mount. Now it's all working, how cool ! Diego -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 2008-12-27 at 12:56 +1100, Diego Tognola wrote:
Just figured it out: first step was to upgrade to VMware Server 2.x (I was using 1.x).
It works perfectly well with the 1.x series. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklVmBUACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Us1QCcCEZ5sv3zD3fEi9CEohkhE7+E yeQAn2pYC0mIFhaYgZh1s1KRNipxMAIw =+dP4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:50:59 pm Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Saturday, 2008-12-27 at 12:56 +1100, Diego Tognola wrote:
Just figured it out: first step was to upgrade to VMware Server 2.x (I was using 1.x).
It works perfectly well with the 1.x series.
-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Ah well, too late now. I didn't even try with auto mount itself and went straight for the upgrade. But I'm sure someone will be glad to know in the future. Thanks again, Diego -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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