On 05/26/2011 01:53 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On 05/25/2011 07:45 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: >> On 05/25/2011 06:14 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> [snip] >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >> >> I think you are in the right track as far as a race between host and >> guest for claiming the device. It is not the driver installation that is >> the problem. The driver is installed and Windows7 says it is the latest >> driver. The problem is that at the end of the installation W7 tries to >> mount/start the device and that is when things do not work. The status >> of the device is listed as >> >> This device cannot start. (Code 10) >> >> There is quite a bit on the web on the "Code 10" error. Still >> investigating... >> >> fdisk -l on the gentoo host lists the device if the guest is not >> running. As soon as the guest boots, the device is not listed by fdisk >> -l, this means that things are at least going in the right direction. >> The vbox manual says that the device should be hidden from the host once >> the guest gets a hold of it. >> >> >> >> -- >> Valmor > > After much digging, no success. Apparently it is an ongoing bug. > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364717 > > When virtualbox is installed with the extension USE flag it pulls the > oracle extension package and the USB interface on the Virtualbox manager > is supposed to present a USB 2.0 box. This does not show up. Therefore > it appears that USB 2.0 devices can't start on the VM guest since only > USB 1.0 is enabled. > > No luck so far but it is pretty close to be resolved. All USB devices I > have tried are identified by the Win7 VM guest and the drivers correctly > installed. It is only the startup that fails. > > That is all folks. > > -- > Valmor
Those involved in dealing with the bug link above have concluded: This bug can stay confirmed as it's quite obvious that USB-2 doesn't work: So no USB-2 support on >=virtualbox-4.0.6 at the moment. -- Valmor
