Removable Device no longer works

[Roussinix]

Good morning
VMWare workstation Pro 16.2.5 on OPENSuse Leap 15.4
VM = Windows 10 Pro
Since last Kernel update (9/20/2023 morning) and Windos 10 virtual machine update (9/19/2023 evening) = "Removable Device" no longer works.
Devices are constantly connecting and disconnecting and it is impossible to connect/disconnect anything.

HELP!!!
Pierre GIRARD

[MerlevedeN]

Hi did you some troubleshooting? Reboot the server? Remove the "usb device" from the vm settings in workstation and add it again? Is VMware Tools up-to-date?

[Roussinix]

Same after Server Reboot, removal then addition of the USB device

+ reinstalling VMware tools

[Roussinix]

To move forward, I tried installing Player 17

./VMware-Player-Full-17.0.2-21581411.x86_64.bundle

Extracting VMware Installer...done.

Then: nothing more, everything stops without an error message

So what's more, I can't install version 17???

[Roussinix]

So, I installed VMware-Workstation-Full-17.0.2-21581411.x86_64.bundle

- Same problem

=> I am in a dead end

[Roussinix]

Same thing with a Windows 11 virtual machine.
It is therefore a problem linked to the change of the LINUX kernel of OPENsuse Leap 15.4

(sorry for my English, it's google translate)

[MerlevedeN · Accepted solution]

Probably the issue is linked to OPENsuse.

i'm not familiar with lunix, but can't you uninstall or rollback the kernel update?

[Roussinix]

This is the direction I think I'm going.

Either I go back to the previous kernel (I think it's possible and I asked the question on the OPENSuse forum)

Either I go directly from LEAP version 15.4 to version 15.5.

For me, this is actually not a VMware problem.

[Roussinix]

Hello again

Okay, some news on this problem:
1. Updating openSUSE Leap 15.4 to 15.5 => same problem
2. Changing USB Controller from 3.1 to 2.0 => Different symptoms

Stabilization of "Removable device" and we can connect/disconnect elements... But:
1. Connect/disconnect a “Network Adapter” or a “Printer” => OK
2. Connecting a USB device = OK... except that it has no effect

For example, switching the scanner to USB in connected state => It is marked as connected, but remains invisible.

So, it is completely impossible to use USB on a VMware virtual machine.

I'm still not sure if the problem is with VMware (unlikely) or the latest Linux kernel versions ???

Pierre