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4 Replies Last post: May 22, 2008 7:17 AM by hidpnovak

USB smart card readers not available in 2.0 Beta 1?

May 14, 2008 9:21 AM

Click to view hidpnovak's profile Novice hidpnovak 3 posts since
May 14, 2008
The USB smart card readers (CCID class) connected to the host seem not to be listed as USB devices available for connection to Windows guest VMs. Other USB devices seem to work with no issues. This did work with 1.x versions of Fusion with no problems. Is this a bug or is there some greater plan behind this?
Re: USB smart card readers not available in 2.0 Beta 1? May 15, 2008 2:29 AM
Click to view MandarMS's profile Master MandarMS 731 posts since
Nov 12, 2007
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uninstall Tools, reboot the virtual machine, and install Tools, Reboot Mac system and check you can see the USB device in List
Re: USB smart card readers not available in 2.0 Beta 1? May 15, 2008 3:15 AM
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Click to view hidpnovak's profile Novice hidpnovak 3 posts since
May 14, 2008
thanks for the hint, but it does NOT work. All USB peripherals are listed properly BUT the smart card reader(s) - there is no change before and after performing the procedure suggested.

I tend to remember reading in Workstation 6.5 beta release notes that they plan to support smart card sharing among the host and guests, perhaps some part of that made it to Fusion, but I want to fully dedicate the smart card reader to my guest machine, not to share it with the host. I will try to look up the Workstation 6.5 notes if there was a way to turn that off - perhaps it would make the readers to re-appear. Or I will have to roll back to the released version, as I cannot do any work without the readers.
Re: USB smart card readers not available in 2.0 Beta 1? May 20, 2008 12:46 PM
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Click to view etung's profile Guru etung 11,027 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
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The smart card sharing only went into Workstation 6.5, but the filter code apparently got into Fusion as well.

Try adding the following line to the .vmx config file:
usb.generic.allowCCID = "TRUE"
Re: USB smart card readers not available in 2.0 Beta 1? May 22, 2008 7:17 AM
in response to: etung
Click to view hidpnovak's profile Novice hidpnovak 3 posts since
May 14, 2008
Yes, that has solved the issue. I have already given up and rolled back to Fusion 1.x but I have upgraded again to 2.0 beta 1 and it is working OK with the suggested line in the .vmx file. Thanks a lot.
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