I have been running VMware Server 1.x for over a year now. I just upgraded to Server 2.0. Everything works great, except I can no long sync my palm pilot to my WIndows XP VM.
I am running Ubuntu 7.10 X86_64 with Kernel 2.6.22-16-generic. All latest updated have been applied. After doing some reading on the web, I discovered that there seem to be a number of issues surrounding the USB support in Server 2.0 under Linux. I have successfully attached and used a 4GB thumb drive, so I think I have most of the problems worked out. (Except even the thumb drive connected at USB 1.x speed even though it's a USB 2.0 drive & port) Unfortunately, I can't get my Palm Tungsten/E to sync.
When attempting to sync, the device is recognized by VMware, I use the menu to connect the device. I hear the tone that signifies the device was connected. Then nothing happens. After a minute or so (timeout period), I hear the device disconnect tone and the Palm icon on the VMware status bar goes away. The only error I am getting is an error on the Palm saying that the connection between the Palm and the VM could not be established. Obviously someting is wrong in the handshaking.
Relevant syslog data:
Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo kernel: http:// 6732.655657 usb 1-4.4.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo kernel: http:// 6732.764644 usb 1-4.4.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136257.749532 nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678').
Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136257.784872 nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678_if0').
Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136257.802635 nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678_usbraw').
Dec 12 21:44:27 gonzo kernel: http:// 6742.650322 usb 1-4.4.4: reset full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
Dec 12 21:44:27 gonzo kernel: http:// 6742.889810 usb 1-4.4.4: reset full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
Dec 12 21:46:28 gonzo kernel: http:// 6863.266080 usb 1-4.4.4: USB disconnect, address 17
Dec 12 21:46:28 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136388.520472 nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678_if0').
Dec 12 21:46:28 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136388.522687 nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678_usbraw').
Dec 12 21:46:28 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136388.524845 nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678').
Entries from the vmware.log:
Dec 12 21:44:17.739: vmx| VMXVmdbLoadUsbDevices: New set of 1 USB devices
Dec 12 21:44:17.739: vmx| USB: Found device [name:Palm\ Handheld vid:0830 pid:0060 path:1/3/3/3 speed:full family:vendor a
utoclean:1]
Dec 12 21:44:22.810: vmx| RemoteUSBVMX: Connected device 0x8000000008300060
Dec 12 21:44:22.811: vmx| VMXVmdbLoadUsbDevices: New set of 2 USB devices
Dec 12 21:44:22.811: vmx| USB: Found device [name:Palm\ Handheld vid:0830 pid:0060 path:1/3/3/3 speed:full family:vendor a
utoclean:1]
Dec 12 21:44:22.811: vmx| USB: Found device [name:Palm\ Handheld vid:0830 pid:0060 path:1/3/3/3 speed:full family:vendor d
eviceType:remote]
Dec 12 21:46:28.653: vmx| VMXVmdbLoadUsbDevices: New set of 1 USB devices
Dec 12 21:46:28.653: vmx| USB: Found device [name:Palm\ Handheld vid:0830 pid:0060 path:1/3/3/3 speed:full family:vendor d
eviceType:remote]
Dec 12 21:46:28.703: vmx| SOCKET 7 (301) recv error 0: Success
Dec 12 21:46:28.703: vmx| RemoteUSBVMX: Encountered socket error for device 0x8000000008300060
Dec 12 21:46:28.703: vmx| USB: Disconnecting device 0x8000000008300060
Dec 12 21:46:28.704: vmx| VMXVmdbLoadUsbDevices: New set of 0 USB devices
I have dropped and re-added the USB device from the VM. I have uninstalled the USB controller from Windows andallowed it to auto-detect and reinstall.
Any assistance would be appreciated. I'm not sure what to try next.
-- Rick Duske
