I've used it successfully under VMware by adding a line like this to the .vmx file:
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usb.autoConnect.device0 = "0x781:0x7101"
Thanks!
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usb.autoConnect.device0 = "0x781:0x7101"
Great! That's what every normal OS is supposed to do, even if it can't handle the device on its own due to lack of specific drivers.Chrixxer wrote:but Linux recognizes when the device is inserted and dmesg provides the vendor and product IDs.
Connect how? Via the menu Devices » USB? That's not how the filters work actually. Please read the following thread: USB basics and troubleshooting, all of the posts.Chrixxer wrote:I've tried creating filters but they don't seem to work; the USB device doesn't appear on the list of devices I can connect to the virtual machine