CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS This feature is really important for the Virtualization software around ! (and therefore for me)

Why did it get removed from 10.2 ? I have heard of "security reasons", now I don't believe this, since if it were security, it would not be re-introduced into 10.3, so more specifically - why it was removed ? -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Andreas Jaeger wrote:

"Alexey Eremenko" writes:

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CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS This feature is really important for the Virtualization software around ! (and therefore for me)

Why did it get removed from 10.2 ? I have heard of "security reasons", now I don't believe this, since if it were security, it would not be re-introduced into 10.3, so more specifically - why it was removed ?

Read bugzilla. It was indeed removed for security reasons and also because an alternative interface is available that has no security problems - but since it's not mounted by default, the admin can decide on his/her own whether this is a security concern or whether s/he needs it for VMware,

Andreas

Just to let you gents know, I installed both the perl-bootloader fix and the kernel update. The perl bootloader fix worked well. The kernel update went fine, but vmware still wont pick up my usb devices. TBH, the only one that is really important is the printer and but I got that working by setting up samba. Reported the bootloader result in bugzilla. --Karl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

John Andersen wrote:

On Saturday 14 April 2007, STDIN wrote:

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TBH, the only one that is really important is the printer and but I got that working by setting up samba.

Well that's one way to do it, the other is install the printers in vmware as IPP printers.

Did you load usbfs?

I tried, its not there: # modprobe usbfs FATAL: Module usbfs not found. uname -a Linux linux 2.6.18.8-0.2-default #1 SMP Fri Mar 23 19:38:30 UTC 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux Unless there is something else to do.... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Alexey Eremenko wrote:

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Did you load usbfs?

I tried, its not there: # modprobe usbfs FATAL: Module usbfs not found. uname -a Linux linux 2.6.18.8-0.2-default #1 SMP Fri Mar 23 19:38:30 UTC 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Unless there is something else to do....

try: grep CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS /boot/config...

It's compiled into the kernel, that's not an LKM.

Ummm, ok, thanks for pointing that out. btw, this is VMWare Server 1.0.1. # grep CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS /boot/config-2.6.18.8-0.2-default CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y ok. # cat /etc/fstab /dev/hda2 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda1 swap swap defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/dvdrecorder auto user,unhide,noauto,ro,,exec 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto auto,user,sync 0 0 none /subdomain subdomainfs noauto 0 0 # mount /dev/hda2 on / type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/sda5 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=lower) ummm, ok, gotta mount it: mount /proc/bus/usb/ # mount /dev/hda2 on / type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/sda5 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=lower) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) Ok, lets try it! I fired up vmware server, started up the windows200 pro virtual machine...and I have usb devices in the menue just like it should! Cool! It works!!! 8-D A nice way to start out a monday.... --Karl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Monday 16 April 2007, Thomas Hertweck wrote:

STDIN wrote:

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[...] I tried, its not there: # modprobe usbfs FATAL: Module usbfs not found.

As already mentioned several times on this list: usbfs is not a self-contained kernel module. It's part of usbcore which is most likely compiled as a module. Therefore, you should get your USB_DEVICEFS with usbcore.ko if this feature had been enabled in .config at compile time (which is true for kernels to be included in 10.3 and the latest patched kernel for 10.2). All you need to do is mount the filesystem, or change /etc/fstab to do it automatically when the system starts up.

Cheers, Th.

Well that brings it full circle then, doesn't it Thomas? The OP posted that he DID try the new kernel (the subject of this thread) and it did NOT work for him, and others (mistakenly) suggested he modprobe it, only to be told by you that its in the kernel and he need do nothing of the sort. Its all starting to sound a little like a Monty Python skit isn't it? -- _____________________________________ John Andersen

STDIN writes:

Just to let you gents know, I installed both the perl-bootloader fix and the kernel update. The perl bootloader fix worked well. The kernel update went fine, but vmware still wont pick up my usb devices. TBH, the only one

Thanks! Did you mount the filesystem?

that is really important is the printer and but I got that working by setting up samba.

Reported the bootloader result in bugzilla.

Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:39:49PM +0100, Alexey Eremenko wrote:

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CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS This feature is really important for the Virtualization software around ! (and therefore for me)

Why did it get removed from 10.2 ? I have heard of "security reasons", now I don't believe this, since if it were security, it would not be re-introduced into 10.3, so more specifically - why it was removed ?

Because it is obsolete and deprecated and we thought all users were fixed already. It has now been readded for 10.2 with the above kernel update. For 10.3 we will again try to remove it. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 4/29/07, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

We've fixed bug 266886 - a bug with raid setups and our developers and QA team have tested heavily all situations they could think of.

I've just released a new repository with an updated perl-bootloader - and a new kernel with some minor fixes to:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/aj/10.2-bootloader-test

We're going to release this the next days as official updates unless somebody finds another serious problem.

What about the widespread criticism of the new bootloader entry naming scheme? (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=252911) has this been "fixed"? _ Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org