i'm reading section 3.10 in the user manual and i'm still confused
about how USB filters work. do they represent the only devices on the
host that the guest is allowed to see?
i have a ubuntu (natty narwhal [alpha]) VM, and it has no USB filter
rules set for it at all. so what does that mean in terms of what it's
allowed to see initially in terms of host USB devices?
now i start that ubuntu VM. it comes up properly, and both the
USB-attached (dell) keyboard and USB-attached mouse function properly.
from this, i would conclude that the VM has access to those two
physical USB devices, yes? except that, in the VM, if i go to
Devices, then USB Devices, i see a list of three devices:
USB OpticalWheel Mouse [06B0]
SuYin Video WebCam [0500]
Dell USB Keyboard [0105]
except the first two entries in that list are dark and inactive,
whereas the final entry (keyboard) is active and selectable.
so what do the filter rules mean? i have no filter rules set up,
the VM can clearly access both the USB keyboard and USB mouse, yet in
the VM in the list of USB devices, only the keyboard appears
selectable. none of this seems consistent. how am i supposed to
interpret all this? thanks.
rday
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