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Lucky Leavell

11 Oct 2008 11 Oct '08

23:13

OS: OpenSuSE 11.0 VMware Server 1.0.7 Hardware: Dell 600SC USB: PCI USB2 Card I want to run my BlackBerry desktop software on a XP guest OS under VMware, etc. but I cannot get VMware to see my USB ports. I thought the problem was the (circa 2003) Dell server had older USB 1.1 ports so I added a USB 2 card which SuSE sees and even sees my attached BlackBerry. (The BlackBerry display a message about insufficient voltage to charge the battery but I don't want to charge it here.) As an alternative test, I plugged my USB flash drive into another port and the OS saw it though I had to manually mount it and then it shows up in KDE just fine but not in VMware or XP. Any ideas here? Alternatively, is there anyway to access my BB directly under Linux. I would like to do file transfers and be able to back my BB up to the SuSE box. (XP is only used for stuff like this.) Thank you, Lucky Leavell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Randall R Schulz

12 Oct 12 Oct

00:26

On Saturday 11 October 2008 16:13, Lucky Leavell wrote:

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OS: OpenSuSE 11.0 VMware Server 1.0.7 Hardware: Dell 600SC USB: PCI USB2 Card

I want to run my BlackBerry desktop software on a XP guest OS under VMware, ...

Did you instruct / configure VMware to pass the pertinent USB device through to the guest OS? For removable devices, at least, it's not automatic. I have only VMware Workstation as a reference but there it's: VM (menu) -> Removable Devices -> USB -> <your USB device>

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Thank you, Lucky Leavell

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Lucky Leavell

02:01

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Saturday 11 October 2008 16:13, Lucky Leavell wrote:

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OS: OpenSuSE 11.0 VMware Server 1.0.7 Hardware: Dell 600SC USB: PCI USB2 Card

I want to run my BlackBerry desktop software on a XP guest OS under VMware, ...

Did you instruct / configure VMware to pass the pertinent USB device through to the guest OS? For removable devices, at least, it's not automatic. I have only VMware Workstation as a reference but there it's:

VM (menu) -> Removable Devices -> USB -> <your USB device>

OK, I found that part but the "Removable Devices" is greyed out. (The help page indicates the same menu selections you posted.) I tried the suggestions on the (VMware) help page but neither USB device (BlackBerry or Flash Drive) show up in /etc/hotlug/usb Any more suggestions? Lucky Leavell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

02:31

On Saturday 11 October 2008 19:01, Lucky Leavell wrote:

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On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Saturday 11 October 2008 16:13, Lucky Leavell wrote:

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I want to run my BlackBerry desktop software on a XP guest OS under VMware, ...

Did you instruct / configure VMware to pass the pertinent USB device through to the guest OS? For removable devices, at least, it's not automatic. I have only VMware Workstation as a reference but there it's:

VM (menu) -> Removable Devices -> USB -> <your USB device>

OK, I found that part but the "Removable Devices" is greyed out. (The help page indicates the same menu selections you posted.)

Did you configure a virtual USB controller in the virtual machine definition (its settings)? That's a prerequisite to being able to attach any given USB device in the host OS to the guest.

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Lucky Leavell

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Lucky Leavell

02:55

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Saturday 11 October 2008 19:01, Lucky Leavell wrote:

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On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Saturday 11 October 2008 16:13, Lucky Leavell wrote:

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I want to run my BlackBerry desktop software on a XP guest OS under VMware, ...

Did you instruct / configure VMware to pass the pertinent USB device through to the guest OS? For removable devices, at least, it's not automatic. I have only VMware Workstation as a reference but there it's:

VM (menu) -> Removable Devices -> USB -> <your USB device>

OK, I found that part but the "Removable Devices" is greyed out. (The help page indicates the same menu selections you posted.)

Did you configure a virtual USB controller in the virtual machine definition (its settings)? That's a prerequisite to being able to attach any given USB device in the host OS to the guest.

Thank you VERY much! That was it and it now sees my BlackBerry and the flash drive. My BB is currently backing up to the XP VM. Next step is to move the backups directory to a Samba share from the host. Have great weekend! Lucky Leavell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

ivo.linux

14 Oct 14 Oct

22:09

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Did you configure a virtual USB controller in the virtual machine definition (its settings)? That's a prerequisite to being able to attach any given USB device in the host OS to the guest.

Thank you VERY much! That was it and it now sees my BlackBerry and the flash drive. My BB is currently backing up to the XP VM. Next step is to move the backups directory to a Samba share from the host. I have the same your problem with usb device may you shortly explein the solution? have you reinstalled the server?

Il Sunday 12 October 2008 04:55:34 Lucky Leavell ha scritto: thanks in advance -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Lucky Leavell

15 Oct 15 Oct

02:29

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, ivo.linux wrote:

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Il Sunday 12 October 2008 04:55:34 Lucky Leavell ha scritto:

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Did you configure a virtual USB controller in the virtual machine definition (its settings)? That's a prerequisite to being able to attach any given USB device in the host OS to the guest.

Thank you VERY much! That was it and it now sees my BlackBerry and the flash drive. My BB is currently backing up to the XP VM. Next step is to move the backups directory to a Samba share from the host.

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I have the same your problem with usb device may you shortly explein the solution? have you reinstalled the server? thanks in advance

I originally had to upgrade VMware Server from 1.0.3 to 1.0.7 to get VMware to configure after upgrading from OpenSuSE 10.0 to 11.0. The USB-under-VMware problem solution is in the same message you quoted above. In Host Settings, CLick on Add then choose USB as I recall (I am not at that machine right now). Then VM => removable devices => USB (I think) => Select the USB device from the list of detected devices. Hope this helps, Lucky Leavell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

ivo.linux

11:55

Il Wednesday 15 October 2008 04:29:42 Lucky Leavell ha scritto:

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Thank you VERY much! That was it and it now sees my BlackBerry and the flash drive. My BB is currently backing up to the XP VM. Next step is to move the backups directory to a Samba share from the host.

I have the same your problem with usb device may you shortly explein the solution? have you reinstalled the server? thanks in advance

I originally had to upgrade VMware Server from 1.0.3 to 1.0.7 to get VMware to configure after upgrading from OpenSuSE 10.0 to 11.0.

The USB-under-VMware problem solution is in the same message you quoted above. In Host Settings, CLick on Add then choose USB as I recall (I am not at that machine right now). Then VM => removable devices => USB (I think) => Select the USB device from the list of detected devices.

Hope this helps, Lucky Leavell Thank for the answer

well my problem is slightly different because my usb menu is empty ... I need the usb support for my gps-navigator management... ha the Linux way is really hard, too much trap -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

12:39

On Wednesday 15 October 2008 04:55, ivo.linux wrote:

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Il Wednesday 15 October 2008 04:29:42 Lucky Leavell ha scritto:

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The USB-under-VMware problem solution is in the same message you quoted above. In Host Settings, CLick on Add then choose USB as I recall (I am not at that machine right now). Then VM => removable devices => USB (I think) => Select the USB device from the list of detected devices.

Hope this helps, Lucky Leavell

Thank for the answer

well my problem is slightly different because my usb menu is empty ... I need the usb support for my gps-navigator management... ha the Linux way is really hard, too much trap

If you're running openSUSE 10.2 (or 10.1? I forget in which USBFS was disabled), then you're out of luck unless you're willing to rebuild your kernel with USBFS enabled. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

kanenas＠hawaii.rr.com

22:17

On Wednesday 15 October 2008 02:39:54 am Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Wednesday 15 October 2008 04:55, ivo.linux wrote:

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Il Wednesday 15 October 2008 04:29:42 Lucky Leavell ha scritto:

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The USB-under-VMware problem solution is in the same message you quoted above. In Host Settings, CLick on Add then choose USB as I recall (I am not at that machine right now). Then VM => removable devices => USB (I think) => Select the USB device from the list of detected devices.

Hope this helps, Lucky Leavell

Thank for the answer

well my problem is slightly different because my usb menu is empty ... I need the usb support for my gps-navigator management... ha the Linux way is really hard, too much trap

If you're running openSUSE 10.2 (or 10.1? I forget in which USBFS was disabled), then you're out of luck unless you're willing to rebuild your kernel with USBFS enabled.

Randall Schulz

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. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Henare Degan

22:38

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 09:17, wrote:

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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.

This line was already in my /etc/fstab: usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 So all I needed to do was `sudo mount usbfs`. To make the change apply on reboots, replace noauto from the line above: usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 I hope this helps. h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

22:49

On Wednesday 15 October 2008 15:38, Henare Degan wrote:

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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 09:17, wrote:

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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.

This line was already in my /etc/fstab:

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0

So all I needed to do was `sudo mount usbfs`. To make the change apply on reboots, replace noauto from the line above:

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0

Oddly enough, on my system that line is: usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 And yet it is always mounted for me, without any overt action on my part: % mount |egrep usb usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) Apparently either or both of the following can (and do, at least in my case) cause usbfs to be mounted during start-up: % egrep -l usbfs /etc/init.d/* /etc/init.d/boot.localfs /etc/init.d/kbd Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

ivo.linux

18 Oct 18 Oct

10:50

New subject: [opensuse] USB Under VMware (solved but...)

Il Thursday 16 October 2008 00:49:17 Randall R Schulz ha scritto:

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On Wednesday 15 October 2008 15:38, Henare Degan wrote:

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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 09:17, wrote:

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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.

This line was already in my /etc/fstab:

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0

So all I needed to do was `sudo mount usbfs`. To make the change apply on reboots, replace noauto from the line above:

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0

I am running open suese 11, I upgraded vmware server from version 1.... to version 2 and now my virual machine have usb device fully supported. I previusly edit my fstab from usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 to usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto Now the point is that my vmware server run into firefox! It is more slow, is possible change this setting? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Carlos E. R.

11:55

New subject: [opensuse] USB Under VMware (solved but...)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 2008-10-18 at 12:50 +0200, ivo.linux wrote:

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I am running open suese 11, I upgraded vmware server from version 1.... to version 2 and now my virual machine have usb device fully supported. I previusly edit my fstab ... Now the point is that my vmware server run into firefox! It is more slow, is possible change this setting?

AFAIK, no. :-( That's why I run version VMware-server-1.0.7-108231 - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkj5zpgACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UhcQCdHd39PlxIfVTyTaIElUntsyjN eIoAoI/bvpT6AQjY3b4JnrYPKmEEQv71 =h8CD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

kanenas＠hawaii.rr.com

21 Oct 21 Oct

10:21

New subject: [opensuse] USB Under VMware (solved but...)

On Saturday 18 October 2008 12:50:26 am ivo.linux wrote:

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Il Thursday 16 October 2008 00:49:17 Randall R Schulz ha scritto:

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On Wednesday 15 October 2008 15:38, Henare Degan wrote:

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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 09:17, wrote:

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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.

This line was already in my /etc/fstab:

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0

So all I needed to do was `sudo mount usbfs`. To make the change apply on reboots, replace noauto from the line above:

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0

I am running open suese 11, I upgraded vmware server from version 1.... to version 2 and now my virual machine have usb device fully supported. I previusly edit my fstab

from usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 to usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto

Now the point is that my vmware server run into firefox! It is more slow, is possible change this setting? Thanks

If fstab is left alone and the mount is manually implemented only when needed thru the "mount -t....." command, then, if the problem really is usb, perhaps your slow down will be apparent only when you actually use usb in vmware. but i do agree with you, vmware is simply not fast in 10.3 and 11.0, sometimes i think i should go back to 10.0!!!! d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

15 Oct 15 Oct

22:44

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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

kanenas＠hawaii.rr.com

16 Oct 16 Oct

00:30

On Wednesday 15 October 2008 12:44:20 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:

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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

Henare Degan

12 Oct 12 Oct

02:41

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 13:01, Lucky Leavell wrote:

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Any more suggestions?

I think this has to do with usbfs[0] which is disabled in openSUSE "for security reasons". Cheers, h [0] http://en.opensuse.org/Setting_up_VMware_on_SUSE_Linux#Attaching_USB_Devices... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

02:49

On Saturday 11 October 2008 19:41, Henare Degan wrote:

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On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 13:01, Lucky Leavell wrote:

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Any more suggestions?

I think this has to do with usbfs[0] which is disabled in openSUSE "for security reasons".

USBFS was reinstated in openSUSE 10.3, and the OP is running 11.0.

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Cheers,

h

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