From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 24 14:52:33 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3463E71A for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:52:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x22f.google.com (mail-oa0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB4CA22A5 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:52:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id n16so455012oag.6 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:52:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bluelife.at; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=B/7d8odvRUYNXSVNjXRCLwSqqwej5XrQ72oJvMWqZE0=; b=cT2zRLuzZzxtiddJ1zPAJuQrpd5Dcp45/sNkAPw2mdbQS2Kykx0yu6XFcGrUi0hLSJ 9D9AGQs4TVuDXjU3sH81s2Iobqg4mE+XGn/2UUwTXrREXN1iIGOFAVEZaYp8OkSqbg7X MQnpyIb28ZW2oJj4n32Pgr7jMC/OxFJDZxBb4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=B/7d8odvRUYNXSVNjXRCLwSqqwej5XrQ72oJvMWqZE0=; b=lZehjSf6VToCiI+TpGJm+2+OkkRknJ1+6KEebi7Yr9o2mHo164QS2wTth4HcHAG/KI kvqYnRv5roCSFoEnN0aKWBguJ35XswgSUgdiFFILTXliH/z11RCMYh0cpshH/9n//www mV4IkQTJ+rBWeirB9nFBqFutyCiHi0sevOhe5/3R6WB1WhrLg3ASTkpHqWXnoWHPdVdc KhgHwMA/YOKTYfSNwssLlLlbjv/zIZU8Zlsmg3TpnnDgLHZUxQ+UUDozz5LeGLwOiTUA 8etKd9PONH4ZDDLRz03Ju0nV5Il4XtEC3StyrodDSl4cIEifYwhccWRE9prYDtV/ribi Pn1g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlRzDISItEprQJsfTRZPrTnMSnw81GTJbZPMZWW5ri0xj7jWe5pXF3qN5neuZ3x6C2guWfK MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.79.102 with SMTP id i6mr1325011obx.85.1403621552269; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:52:32 -0700 (PDT) Sender: decke@bluelife.at Received: by 10.76.131.113 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:52:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [2001:470:1f15:673::1000] In-Reply-To: <1403594931891-5923348.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <1403594931891-5923348.post@n5.nabble.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:52:32 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: cV-GyZjwgRCqD2S8OWQMRw8YY-E Message-ID: Subject: Re: VirtualBox USB & Shared Folders From: =?UTF-8?Q?Bernhard_Fr=C3=B6hlich?= To: Beeblebrox Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:52:33 -0000 On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Beeblebrox wrote: > I have {virtualbox-ose-4.3.12_1, virtualbox-ose-additions-4.3.12, > virtualbox-ose-kmod-4.3.12} installed on system & "kldload vboxdrv > vboxnetflt vboxnetadp" > > Certain Guest Addition (GA) features are working (like smooth mouse > transition) but I cannot get USB devices detected and selecting "shared > folders setting" gives message that GA is not installed and to obtain the GA > iso etc. > > * I have defined shared folder for the VGuest in question > * User is member of operator & vboxusers groups > > What must I adjust in order to get USB devices detected and shared folders > working on the VM? 1) USB passthru does not work reliable on FreeBSD hosts yet (FreeBSD guests on Linux/Windows should be fine) 2) Shared Folders for FreeBSD guests are not supported yet. There was a Google Summer of Code project that did not finish last year. There is some draft code and a kernel module for it but it's not working yet. Shared Folders support for Linux/ Windows Guests on FreeBSD hosts are working fine. -- Bernhard Froehlich http://www.bluelife.at/