On 12/16/18 3:51 PM, Derek Loree wrote: > On Dec 15, 2018, at 9:24 PM, Dave Lien - W7DAL <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> /If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit! There's no point >> in being a damn fool about it. W. C. Fields./ I have gone far beyond Fields >> admonition and the time has come to ask for help. >> >> I'm trying to install Oracle VB on Linux (Mint) in order to run any version >> of Windows so I might run Windows software to control external IoT devices >> under Linux. They are controlled either directly via a Serial Port, or via a >> USB adapter to Serial. These devices work fine under any version of Windows >> alone, but I can't make them work from Windows software running in a VB. >> (I've been fussing with this off and on for months!) >> >> Have tried a half dozen computers both old and new and they all behave >> identically. Have installed the same IoT software on all of them directly >> under Windows and it performs beautifully. Windows and Linux alone work >> perfectly on those same computers (fresh installs on fresh hard drives.) I'm >> convinced there is nothing wrong with any of the computers and the mature >> IoT control software works perfectly without a VB. >> >> I've installed the latest Oracle VB software plus matching Extensions >> (direct from the Oracle site) countless times and it behaves the same on all >> computers using different versions of Windows as GUESTS. Numerous tests were >> run with VB using both Linux and Windows as HOST with identical negative >> results. >> >> (Sorry if this is getting long but I have to take out this frustration on >> the keyboard...) >> >> Here is what happens: >> >> With either base OS installed, and a Windows GUEST installed in a VB, with >> the GUEST powered OFF: >> >> At the MACHINE level under SETTINGS and SERIAL PORTS I activate COM 1. And >> set the USB Port to USB 2. After powering the GUEST ON these SETTINGS are >> still correct as I set them, *but they are shaded out*! > > That is because the VM is running, no hot-plug of those devices. Did you > change the “Port Mode”? The default is for the port to be disconnected. > This means the device will show up in your VM, but won’t be able to connect > to anything. Try changing the “Port Mode” to “Host Device”. > >> >> Firing up the IoT software in this VB makes no contact with the IoT by >> either the SERIAL or USB ports. However Windows Device Manager run at the >> GUEST says both the SERIAL and USB ports are working properly. But they are >> not. > > For USB devices, you need to tell VBox that the device should be passed > through to the guest, this you can do while it is running or you can use the > Settings in “Ports” under “USB” where the “USB Device Filters” are located. > If your host system can’t see the USB device, your guest won’t be able to see > it. Storage devices need to be unmounted from the host before being passed > through to the guest. > >> >> For Example: The same IoT device that connects under Windows 10 (with the VB >> turned off) does not work running Win XP (or any other Windows) as a VB >> GUEST on that same computer with no other physical or software changes made. >> That is as simply as I can explain it. >> >> I keep feeling that I'm just one click away from success but don't know >> where to click. I give up! >> >> HAAAAALP! (Sorry I can't attend the Clinic tomorrow...) >> >> -Dave (Vancouver) >> > Good luck, > > Derek Loree >
As above, but also try installing the guest extesions INSIDE the guest - these are not the extensions installed on virtualbox itself. -Ed https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html
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