From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QPMNQ-000678-OZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 May 2011 22:16:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 733ED1C437; Wed, 25 May 2011 22:15:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com (mail-qw0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4870B1C3BC for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 22:15:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwb7 with SMTP id 7so108639qwb.40 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 15:14:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7AB3fk6AfZzOUmiOG+XdrKfoeCQ1rW/bLmJ3uC4/vAk=; b=G26zu92/mnApmd0eaL1c78FbcbQdItSLdFJ//9an6qPWicc0668BAHfQb810+Ra44P CW3HqrTHMUmgtpHrvueznxYeznq+FtlLA5wGRdGaBQgKyxNm5m6y4ABazoyBOpVAHezi hi21m5K5fXhvEaHGV0ZlHJBXKvGKRMCo2MXvA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=YDZFtuJptChvFw2idq/PXL2IbCP2gTAuoJXXWynxP8ciRftsLATKIaf0gBMHUPKYzA /ZqIVtGWaCFiPR66jtzTxLkkC3YAgDvNunygx08PYNWAdwajpRGT1QF//7pywj+NI0KI T/OKY6Dob/tOuK/2JPc2VzvHMk0ERiz3vfBoE= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.137.133 with SMTP id w5mr75853qat.178.1306361699621; Wed, 25 May 2011 15:14:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.61.14 with HTTP; Wed, 25 May 2011 15:14:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DDD7E9E.5090202@gmail.com> References: <4DDD7E9E.5090202@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 15:14:59 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] usb support in virtualbox From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 24b48ba3f58bf6f3de8be479482fdc08 On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Valmor de Almeida w= rote: > On 05/25/2011 12:15 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: >> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Mark Knecht wro= te: >> [snip] >>> >>> Valmor, >>> =C2=A0 Take a look at the Extension Pack. It might give you more of wha= t >>> you need. It does seem to be in portage but I've not used it myself. >>> >>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads >>> >>> HTH, >>> Mark >>> >>> >> Mark, >> >> I see it in portage >> >> /usr/portage/app-emulation/virtualbox-extpack-oracle/virtualbox-extpack-= oracle-4.0.6.ebuild >> >> Will give it a try. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Valmor > > For the record. > > Tried and it is very nice. The 4.0.6 version with extpack uses the GPL > vbox (source). > > All usb devices on the gentoo host are visible on a Windows7 guest. The > problem I am facing now is that the Windows7 virtual machine tries to > install drivers for the USB devices and it fails. Not sure what is going > on... It may be an issue with USB 1.0 versus 2.0? > > > -- > Valmor Hi Valmor, Good to know it at least gets you 1 step further in the right direction. As for Win 7 installing USB drivers is there an option to not install it automatically and then you go look for the right driver and install it by hand? One other possibility might be that either Linux or another VM is claiming the device and hence it's not responding correctly to the driver install. i typically run 3 VMs every day - 2 VMPLayer/XP and 1 virtualbox/Win 7. I've noted that I have to be a little careful to ensure the VMs don't interfere with each other WRT USB devices. Good luck figuring it out. Please post back if you find interesting info= . Cheers, Mark