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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 05/25/2011 12:15 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: |
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>> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> [snip] |
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>>> Valmor, |
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>>> Take a look at the Extension Pack. It might give you more of what |
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>>> you need. It does seem to be in portage but I've not used it myself. |
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>>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads |
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>>> HTH, |
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>>> Mark |
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>>> |
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>> Mark, |
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>> I see it in portage |
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>> /usr/portage/app-emulation/virtualbox-extpack-oracle/virtualbox-extpack-oracle-4.0.6.ebuild |
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>> Will give it a try. |
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>> Thanks, |
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>> -- |
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>> Valmor |
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> For the record. |
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> Tried and it is very nice. The 4.0.6 version with extpack uses the GPL |
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> vbox (source). |
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> All usb devices on the gentoo host are visible on a Windows7 guest. The |
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> problem I am facing now is that the Windows7 virtual machine tries to |
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> install drivers for the USB devices and it fails. Not sure what is going |
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> on... It may be an issue with USB 1.0 versus 2.0? |
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> -- |
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> Valmor |
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Hi Valmor, |
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Good to know it at least gets you 1 step further in the right direction. |
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As for Win 7 installing USB drivers is there an option to not |
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install it automatically and then you go look for the right driver and |
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install it by hand? |
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One other possibility might be that either Linux or another VM is |
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claiming the device and hence it's not responding correctly to the |
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driver install. i typically run 3 VMs every day - 2 VMPLayer/XP and 1 |
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virtualbox/Win 7. I've noted that I have to be a little careful to |
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ensure the VMs don't interfere with each other WRT USB devices. |
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Good luck figuring it out. Please post back if you find interesting info. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |