Hi folks.
Guess what ? USB devices not seen in Windows XP PRO guest.
Host: OpenSuse 11.1, all working fine, no problems at all neither HW nor SW.
output part from 'cat /proc/bus/usb/devices':
T: Bus=02 Lev=03 Prnt=03 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 7 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=03f0 ProdID=0705 Rev= 1.00
S: Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard
S: Product=HP ScanJet 4400c
S: SerialNumber=CN17K1E063B
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 8 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=250ms
and
T: Bus=02 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=02 Cnt=03 Dev#= 5 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=072f ProdID=9000 Rev= 1.00
S: Manufacturer=ACS
S: Product=ACR38 USB Reader
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbfs
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=2ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
All other USB devices are either mounted or available to mount (HDs, Keys, etc.)
fstab entries:
/dev/sda1 /boot ext3 noacl 1 2
/dev/AF_VG/afvg_data /data ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/AF_VG/afvg_home /home ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/AF_VG/afvg_root / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
/sys/bus/usb/drivers /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=1000,devmode=664 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
logged user 'antonio', id output:
uid=1000(antonio) gid=100(users) groupes=8(www),12(mail),16(dialout),19(floppy),20(cdrom),32(public)
,33(video),40(games),42(trusted),62(man),84(firebird),100(users),1000(vboxusers),1001(afor)
When VB starts, I can filter my two USB devices listed above : Scanjet 4400C and ACR38 USB Reader.
So far, so good.
Created a VM with Windows XP PRO SP2 inside.
Then the most frustrating part came afterwards:
after install, no USB devices seen in XP. I made all changes I've read on the net about devgid, fstab, add mount -a into boot.local
Added VB additions, no problem to install. Network up and running : very nice.
and got finally after some reboots my two devices visible in XP. Great !
HP Scanjet software installed perfectly well and got the first pages scanned.
Then update SP3 came acrosss and ... nothing more after next XP reboot !!!
I removed SP3 and some other minor updates: nope !
Since then, big headhache to get things working again.
In case someone get a brilliant idea, I'd be glad to share it.
Antonio.