Scott Garman wrote: > Tim Wescott wrote: > >> Had an "aha!" moment this morning -- I have a Winmodem, and I have >> VirtualBox with a Windows installed image, so maybe I can use my >> Winmodem to fax stuff! >> >> No luck so far -- I can't figure out how to make the Winmodem visible to >> Windows under the 'box'. >> >> Anyone have success with this? I've got the 'free binary only' version >> of VirtualBox that lets me turn on USB, but doesn't have all the bells >> and whistles of the $$$ version. >> > > Which distro are you using as your host OS? On some older versions of > Ubuntu I've had to follow an online guide to get usbfs set up correctly. > Here is one such guide: > > http://www.arsgeek.com/2007/10/24/get-usb-devices-mounted-on-your-virtualbox-xp-machine-in-gutsy-ubuntu-710/ > > This is pretty dated but it may offer the clues you need. > > Scott > Karmic, but as far as I know the modem is on the PCI bus, not USB -- should I be looking at the USB bus anyway?
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