USB devices are not automaticaly claim by VM for guest OS

[jasati]

host : ubuntu 7.04, kernel 2.6.20-16-386

guest : WXP, version 2002, SP 2

When I unplug an USB device and replug it right after, having the focus on the guest operating system, the VM doesn't automaticaly connect the USB device to the guest. The option enabling such a feature is set.

Moreover, I would like to know if it is possible to "pin" a selected device to a guest operating system. In other word, I would like the VM to claim the device for the guest OS each time I connect it. If such a possibility exist, what do I have to do to activate it ?

Thanks for your help.

Regards.

[RDPetruska · Accepted solution]

See knowledgebase article 1648 for specifying USB devices to always connect to a guest.

[Neben]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/102634

So, Ubuntu makes /proc/bus/usb/devices a sym link to /proc/bus/usb/.usbfs/devices. Add the following line to your vmx config file (or global /etc/vmware/config since this is a host wide problem) and you autoconnect on focus should start working again:

usb.generic.devfsPath = "/proc/bus/usb/.usbfs"

[jasati]

Many thanks to Neben and RDPetruska. The two answers were correct.

The problem was very annoying.

Best regards.

[Neben]

Glad to hear it! Hopefully we can do something to work around this issue in a future release.