On 05/10/2012 11:15 AM, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:plug- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Rich Shepard >> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:48 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [PLUG] Virtualbox Better Than Qemu-KVM for USB Devices? >> >> It appears that many folks have difficulty accessing a USB device > (flash >> drive, GPS receiver) via a guest OS in qemu-kvm. Has anyone here used >> virtualbox to host a guest OS and access the USB ports? >> >> Rich > > Yes, i've done it with thumb drives, as well as an old HandSpring Visor > (PalmOS PDA) on WindowsXP SP3 and (thumb drive only) Windows7 (64-bit), > hosting on 64-bit Ubuntu 10.11. > > Once upon a time, one had to use the closed-source edition of VirtualBox > rather than VirtualBox OSE in order to get USB support. i'm not sure whether > that's still the case.
It is still the case. And yes, I use VirtualBox with a Windows guest to access a Garmin Edge 305, so I can attest that it works. It is often helpful to create a USB "filter" based on the device ID to make sure VirtualBox grabs the device when you plug it in. Scott _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
