On Sunday, 17 December 2017 7:04:16 ACDT Wol's lists wrote:
On 16/12/17 07:32, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 16/12/2017 à 01:07, David C. Rankin a écrit :
I certainly prefer the VM to dual boot.
I had problems with usb device not seen by the VM, but didn't test recently, may be it have been corrected since
Don't know when it changed, but certainly in VirtualBox, passing USB devices through USED to be a chargeable extra or something - when I first started using it that option was disabled in the free version.
You need to download the Virtualbox Extension Pack to enable USB support past USB1. It is free under the PUEL licence (you have to pay for business/ enterprise use).
And I think you may have to go into the VirtualBox menubar and claim the USB device for the guest. I don't think it does it automatically, otherwise you could have the host and several guests all fighting over it. (I'm not at that machine, and rarely use USB in my guests...)
You need to set up USB device filters in VirtualBox Manager (specific to each VM) that select which USB devices are made available to the guest. You can either setup device-specific filters (that match on the USB ID), or a universal filter that will match on any USB ID (I generally use the second). Devices that have been selected for the guest are usually remembered if they're left selected when the guest is shut down. That way, next time they're plugged in after the guest is powered up, they'll automatically be connected to the guest. That's how I handle my tom-tom navigators and my i-devices connecting to iTunes. -- ============================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au CCNA #CSCO12880208 ============================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org