On 3/1/07, Pablo Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was able to get USB working with openSUSE 10.2 - to be precise, someone > else figured it out for VMWare and it applies for VirtualBox. > > Many thanks to Alexey Eremenko for the hint on the kernel parameter which > needed to be compiled. > > The basic upshot is there's a security hole by doing the following so only > do this on a secured machine - see > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210899 > > How to re-add USB support > ========================= > 1) Recompile and install the openSUSE 10.2 stock kernel with > CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y > 2) Comment out the old 'usbfs' entry in /etc/fstab and replace it with: > > /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 > > Done! > > Additional resources > ==================== > The following link provides the crux of the solution: > > http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=27788 > > Cheers, > -pablo
Ahh ! Very nice ! I might add this to my article. I would be happy to see this reflected in official vbox documentation. _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
