[Tfug] vmware and usb

[Michael Stenner]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 08:26:57AM -0700, Ranjan Grover wrote:
> I am running VMWare and can't get the USB devices to work. Basically, I 
> can hook up my guitar to my USB port using a device - GuitarPort and 
> record music through it. The software runs in Windows, and so I needed 
> VMWare.
> 
> The VM-> Settings-> USB devices says that the USB controller is enabled 
> and it is set to Auto Detect. I can't change this setting to manual detect.
> 
> I know that the USB ports works fine because my mouse is a USB mouse and 
> it works. I tried hooking up Guitar Port to my mouse USB port and that 
> didn't work either. Anyone else had this problem?

I wouldn't assume that a working mouse means working usb.  VMware
might be getting its mouse signals from X rather than directly from
the device.  I don't KNOW this, mind you, I just wouldn't rule that
possibility out yet.  Maybe you should plug in some other usb device
like a thumb drive or something.

					-Michael
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