On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:58 PM, James Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 8, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Rance Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:02 PM, James Collins <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> Trying to use an external speech synthesizer with virtualbox. >>> One thing I noticed. When my serial2usb adaptor is connected. And I look in >>> /dev on my computer this is listed: >>> >>> cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF >>> >>> But when I try to open my vm, I get an error: >>> >>> loctl failed for serial host device '/dev/cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF' >>> (VERR_DEV_IO_ERROR). The device will not work properly. >>> >> >> I assume that the device node was created automagically by udev or >> some other type service running on your mac. >> >> udev makes device nodes like this with specific permissions, and >> sometimes they are restrictive because the device node is setup in >> such a way that a normal user can not use the device. >> >> Check the perms on the device and see if the user account you run vbox >> as can actually read and write to the device node. If the vbox user >> can not use the device node issue a chmod command till the vbox user >> can use the device. >> >> You may also have to chown the device to a new owner:group combination. >> >> Once you find a owner:group perm set that works with vbox then you >> need to configure udev to always make the file node the "right" way. > > Thanks for the reply > > I have permission to write to > > /dev/cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF > > I think? I used the cat and echo command to redirect output to > /dev/cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF > > Successfully? Or do you mean read and write permissions for virtualbox? > >
And this is the rub. I don't specifically mean your user account. I mean the user account that vbox runs as. The vbox application has to have read/write access to the device. Rance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
