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    <title>topic Re: Workstation linux: can't see USB devices or hard drives in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Finally uninstalling vmware workstation and reinstalling it on the linux host fixed the problem, now all usb devices appear. No idea why didn't work the first time.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 15:57:17 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>outsider33</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-05-07T15:57:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Workstation linux: can't see USB devices or hard drives</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729154#M164599</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;With Vmware Workstation on linux can't see usb devices or drives, only the default stuff:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;CD/DVD SATA&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Network Adapter&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Sound card&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;But can't see my Toshiba or Sandisk USb or whatever. Tried running on ubuntu 18.04 the command but throws an error&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;sudo mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb -o devmode=0666&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;mount: /proc/bus/usb: mount point does not exist.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can you please provide some help or support how to fix it?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Workstation is latest version.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:37:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>outsider33</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-25T16:37:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation linux: can't see USB devices or hard drives</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729155#M164600</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Here's a screenshot:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="vmware-workstation-linux-no-usb-devices.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/81367iCA51597DA9FB637D/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="vmware-workstation-linux-no-usb-devices.png" alt="vmware-workstation-linux-no-usb-devices.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;On windows 10 of course it shows all devices.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729155#M164600</guid>
      <dc:creator>outsider33</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-25T16:39:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation linux: can't see USB devices or hard drives</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729156#M164601</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Silly basic question, but I should ask...&amp;nbsp; Does the guest VM have a USB controller added to its settings?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 17:12:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729156#M164601</guid>
      <dc:creator>RDPetruska</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-25T17:12:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation linux: can't see USB devices or hard drives</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729157#M164602</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;It must, because running the virtual machine on a Windows host instead of linux one makes USB devices appear properly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:36:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729157#M164602</guid>
      <dc:creator>outsider33</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-26T09:36:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation linux: can't see USB devices or hard drives</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729158#M164603</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have exact the same problem as you have.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I had a perfectly working Windows guest in VMWare Player 14 on Ubuntu 17.10 host.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But after upgrading to 18.04, USB connection was completely missing from the puldown list.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1) I removed VMWare 14 and tried to re-install, but the installation for both ver. 14 and ver. 12.5 got hung and never completed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The log file shows error related to &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"USB Arbitration Service Version 17.1.3."&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2) I tried a clean installation of Ubuntu 18.04.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But I could not install neither VMWare ver. 14 nor ver. 12.5.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The log file shows error related to &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"USB Arbitration Service Version 17.1.3."&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am currently revert back to Ubuntu 17.10 with VMWare player 14.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I hope smeone find a solution for this problem before the support for Ubuntu 17.10 expires.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>HackerKitty</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-29T14:54:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation linux: can't see USB devices or hard drives</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729159#M164604</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just by change, could you test it with Debian or Fedora?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 20:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>outsider33</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-05-02T20:21:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation linux: can't see USB devices or hard drives</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729160#M164605</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Par your request, I tried VMWare 14 on the freshly installed MX Linux 17.1, which is based on Debian, not Ubuntu.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMWare was installed without any error but when I tried to open pre-existing VMs, I got a following error message:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now, it looks like a problem not only in Ubuntu, but also in other Debian derivatives as well.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I retried upgrading Ubuntu 17.10 to 18.04 since the automatic upgrade notification just arrived.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After this update, VMware 14 worked normally and I got no error message.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I suspect I upgraded to a beta version of 18.04 by mistake.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think O.P. could also try upgrading to 18.04 to see if that helps.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;UPDATE2:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;By unistalling and installing VMware 14, I managed to make it work in mxLinux as well.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 23:12:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>HackerKitty</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-05-02T23:12:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation linux: can't see USB devices or hard drives</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729161#M164606</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Finally uninstalling vmware workstation and reinstalling it on the linux host fixed the problem, now all usb devices appear. No idea why didn't work the first time.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 15:57:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-linux-can-t-see-USB-devices-or-hard-drives/m-p/2729161#M164606</guid>
      <dc:creator>outsider33</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-05-07T15:57:17Z</dc:date>
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