On Wednesday 15 October 2008 12:44:20 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Wednesday 15 October 2008 15:17, kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
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the problem *is* USBFS! older threads just passed the buck between the kernel and vmaware, then some kind soul provided the workaround: as root type in a console:
mount -t usbfs /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
after that all usb devices appear in vmware and you can manually control "connecting" and disconnecting to them.
don't know how to make this automatic, if you reboot you will have to re-type it. perhaps one of the gurus on the list can help do that. d.
Well, on my SuSE Linux 10.0 system, I've never had to do this to be able to access USB from a VMware guest os (Windows XP, namely).
Randall Schulz
yea, me too, waaayyy back in 10.0 the usbfs snafoo was one of the "great brave new" things in 10.3 and beyond. that and smbfs. if you have time and patience, look up the threads in this list. imho, all was bs "for our security", just because a heavy duty geek just felt like it. or maybe not, i am too lightweight for discussions like this. but gosh, we shoul really love *all* those who toil day and night "for our protection", no? d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org