On Thursday, 14 July 2022 18:42:10 BST Mark Knecht wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with what causes random USB disconnects in a
> Virtualbox VM and possibly how to fix them?
> 
> I have a new external DSP processor box that connects to Windows host
> software over USB. If I dual boot my Linux box into Win10 the control
> software works fine for as long as I want to use it. Communication is
> bi-directional and everything is great.
> 
> If instead I'm in Linux with a Win10 VM running I can run the same software
> in the VM, and it will always see the external DSP when first started, but
> at random times, generally 5-20 seconds but never more than 5 minutes, the
> software will tell me the USB connection has been interrupted and I am
> forced in the software to reestablish a connection. I am always able to
> reconnect but I am so far unable to keep it connected.
> 
> I've tried the VB USB 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 virtual interfaces. Only 3.0 works
> at all.
> 
> I have tried multiple USB ports on the host machine. All work in native
> Windows. All work in Virtualbox but all disconnect.
> 
> I see absolutely no messages of any type about USB disconnection in dmesg.
> I don't know where else to look.
> 
> The Virtualbox logs aren't clear to me so I'm studying those at this time,
> as well as asking in the VIrtualbox forums and here.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark

I don't recall having noticed a similar problem with different USB devices on a 
Win10 VM here, but just in case have you checked USB power saving settings?

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-prevent-windows-10-turning-usb-devices

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