From owner-freebsd-emulation Sat May 5 22:59:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from rip.psg.com (rip.psg.com [147.28.0.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA62737B423 for ; Sat, 5 May 2001 22:59:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from randy@psg.com) Received: from randy by rip.psg.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14wHaC-0003G0-00 for freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org; Sat, 05 May 2001 22:59:52 -0700 From: Randy Bush MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: freebsd emulator list Subject: w98 guest wants access to non-virt hardware Message-Id: Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 22:59:52 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org dell latitude c600 vmware linux workstation 2.0.3-799 (fully licensed) host freebsd 4.3-stable with linux emulation guest win98se, the dell native partition freebsd does not support the winmodem or the irda. i really want to use the irda to sync my palm pilot, manage my nokia 8890, transfer files to windoze friends, ... i really want to use my winmodem for winfax pro. as these devices are not supported by the host os, i can not virtualize them for the win98se guest. so how about just letting them punch through to real hardwhere? or is there a hack i am not missing? --- also, if i am running full screen, is there any key combo that is not trapped by vmware (other than ctl-alt-esc) that i can use to tell my window manager (tvtwm) to switch to a non-grabbed place on the virtual desktop? randy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message