There are some issues with this approach:
The next kernel update will break USB support in VirtualBox.
If you use ATI or Nvidia drivers from nvidia.com or ati.com, you cannot use
those anymore and must use the manual kernelmod instructions for each
respective product.
VMware released a new version of their product that uses the sysfs USB model
for Suse 10.2
-Michael
Pablo Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ This is an update to my original
post. As I'm still 'playing' with
setting up my laptop, I had occasion to re-install everything. It turns out
I had missed an earlier step in the original HOWTO. ]
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
Slower bootup of VM
===================
I've noticed the VM (W2K) takes longer to boot up after this addition. On
my Dell Insprion 8200 with a P4/1.6GHz chip, about an extra eight seconds.
I didn't collect hard numbers and it doesn't concern me as it's only during
boot up of the VM.
Preconditions
=============
VirtualBox must not be installed; uninstall it in order for it to 'see' the
changes. You can install it before the kernel re-compilation or after.
# rpm --erase VirtualBox
How to re-add USB support
=========================
1) Install the following kernel packages
- kernel-source
- kernel-syms
2) Recompile and install the openSUSE 10.2 stock kernel with:
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
3) Comment out the old 'usbfs' entry in /etc/fstab and replace it with:
/dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults,devmode=666 0 0
Note: devmode=666 will allow _anyone_ on your machine to access
/dev/bus/usb;
this is a security hole
Postconditions
==============
Re-install VirtualBox
Additional resources
====================
The following link provides the crux of the solution:
http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=27788
Cheers,
-pablo
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