[UNSOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] usb support in virtualbox

[Valmor de Almeida]

On 05/26/2011 01:53 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
> On 05/25/2011 07:45 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
>> On 05/25/2011 06:14 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>> For the record.
>>>>
>>>> Tried and it is very nice. The 4.0.6 version with extpack uses the GPL
>>>> vbox (source).
>>>>
>>>> All usb devices on the gentoo host are visible on a Windows7 guest. The
>>>> problem I am facing now is that the Windows7 virtual machine tries to
>>>> install drivers for the USB devices and it fails. Not sure what is going
>>>> on... It may be an issue with USB 1.0 versus 2.0?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Valmor
>>>
>>> Hi Valmor,
>>>    Good to know it at least gets you 1 step further in the right direction.
>>>
>>>    As for Win 7 installing USB drivers is there an option to not
>>> install it automatically and then you go look for the right driver and
>>> install it by hand?
>>>
>>>    One other possibility might be that either Linux or another VM is
>>> claiming the device and hence it's not responding correctly to the
>>> driver install. i typically run 3 VMs every day - 2 VMPLayer/XP and 1
>>> virtualbox/Win 7. I've noted that I have to be a little careful to
>>> ensure the VMs don't interfere with each other WRT USB devices.
>>>
>>>    Good luck figuring it out. Please post back if you find interesting info.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
>> I think you are in the right track as far as a race between host and
>> guest for claiming the device. It is not the driver installation that is
>> the problem. The driver is installed and Windows7 says it is the latest
>> driver. The problem is that at the end of the installation W7 tries to
>> mount/start the device and that is when things do not work. The status
>> of the device is listed as
>>
>> This device cannot start. (Code 10)
>>
>> There is quite a bit on the web on the "Code 10" error. Still
>> investigating...
>>
>> fdisk -l   on the gentoo host lists the device if the guest is not
>> running. As soon as the guest boots, the device is not listed by fdisk
>> -l, this means that things are at least going in the right direction.
>> The vbox manual says that the device should be hidden from the host once
>> the guest gets a hold of it.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Valmor
>
> After much digging, no success. Apparently it is an ongoing bug.
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364717
>
> When virtualbox is installed with the extension USE flag it pulls the
> oracle extension package and the USB interface on the Virtualbox manager
> is supposed to present a USB 2.0 box. This does not show up. Therefore
> it appears that USB 2.0 devices can't start on the VM guest since only
> USB 1.0 is enabled.
>
> No luck so far but it is pretty close to be resolved. All USB devices I
> have tried are identified by the Win7 VM guest and the drivers correctly
> installed. It is only the startup that fails.
>
> That is all folks.
>
> --
> Valmor

Those involved in dealing with the bug link above have concluded:

This bug can stay confirmed as it's quite obvious that USB-2 doesn't work:

So no USB-2 support on >=virtualbox-4.0.6 at the moment.

--
Valmor