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On 05/25/2011 06:14 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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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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>> 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 |
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I think you are in the right track as far as a race between host and |
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guest for claiming the device. It is not the driver installation that is |
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the problem. The driver is installed and Windows7 says it is the latest |
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driver. The problem is that at the end of the installation W7 tries to |
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mount/start the device and that is when things do not work. The status |
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of the device is listed as |
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This device cannot start. (Code 10) |
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There is quite a bit on the web on the "Code 10" error. Still |
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investigating... |
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fdisk -l on the gentoo host lists the device if the guest is not |
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running. As soon as the guest boots, the device is not listed by fdisk |
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-l, this means that things are at least going in the right direction. |
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The vbox manual says that the device should be hidden from the host once |
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the guest gets a hold of it. |
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Valmor |
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