VMWare USB support on FC4 x86_64

[Gilboa Davara]

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 14:59 +0100, Marco Maccaferri wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm running VMWare workstation 5 on FC4 x86_64 and I need to access an 
> USB dongle from a Windows XP guest OS. It takes a while to load the 
> guest OS, like it is waiting for a timeout of some kind, and in the 
> /var/log/messages file I see this:
> 
> ioctl32(vmware-vmx:9340): Unknown cmd fd(133) cmd(40109980){00} 
> arg(ffff9080) on /proc/bus/usb/005/001
> 
> and of course the USB dongle is not available from the Windows XP guest.
> 
> Searching the web I found a number of answers starting from a 64bit 
> kernel problem that won't allow 32bit programs to access the USB devices 
> that won't be fixed, to the requirement of running the kernel 2.6.12 and 
> VMWare WS5 to have it working.

Weird,
I assume that VMWare is using libusb to gain access to raw USB devices.
(instead of direct access to the driver.)
Did you try to install libusb.i386 on your machine? 

> 
> My current kernel is 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4, the kernel sees the USB dongle 
> (kernel: usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 
> 2). Is there a way to have the USB ports available in the guest OS ?

What device is it? USB-to-?

> 
> Thanks.
> Bye
>