On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Dec 2010, Richard Shaw wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > 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?
Pretty much. I'm only speaking from experience, the manual might very well be wrong/vague/ambiguous. >> > 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? Basically none, which is why it will not let you "check" them, though your keyboard already being "active" is interesting, but I at work so I don't have access to my VB to see if its the same. >> > 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. You're using your keyboard and mouse as a virtual device instead of directly and for those devices I can't think of any reason to use them directly. The only device that you might want to install a filter for would be your webcam, but only if you have a need to use it on your guest. Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
