Scott Garman wrote: > Tim Wescott wrote: > >>>> 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? >> > > Sorry, I thought from your original post that the modem was USB-based. > You shouldn't need to do anything with usbfs to make it work if it's a > PCI card. > > Scott > > I double-checked, and it doesn't show up on the USB bus.
It also isn't visible to the modem software driver disk that came with the machine (grr). Argh. Maybe I just need to go buy a real modem; I've been trying to avoid that, as it (a) costs money, and (b) seems like getting one that supports faxing will be a pain. grr^2 -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services Voice: 503-631-7815 Cell: 503-349-8432 http://www.wescottdesign.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
