From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jul 5 16:12:46 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAAB1B71B30 for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:12:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY004-OMC1S26.hotmail.com (bay004-omc1s26.hotmail.com [65.54.190.37]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "Microsoft IT SSL SHA2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A961D1A5D for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:12:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from EUR01-HE1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([65.54.190.59]) by BAY004-OMC1S26.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Tue, 5 Jul 2016 09:11:41 -0700 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=hotmail.com; s=selector1; h=From:Date:Subject:Message-ID:Content-Type:MIME-Version; bh=IWdM0zKuR0tO8KTOQ82b7L50W1pv+aTHgqta/mAGCkw=; b=ldKtvOhuLgrjLxJfssK8tVm8F1RvTM0Rel2p4wtgQJvbL/p1l27LLUeR2m8J3rLNtQYVytfOrZxdaQFdSSt1YbfF6EATzAvX2WXBQxu2WP4KPWDr3oZRVqdf77o6DwKnAiqRXm1zW1teU39RAC4c21jXOmztI5oWS5VkIWLgs9++f+i+fJexEsOn8tFQlLRnQjtENzPuFiQmJ1xNNAI0MjujI/A8SUKSOKYeYkYUgnJ8+82cX5kI5SZMOmybI7AYyHqyThBTQOHS4ZSSstJM5zBu51Yqfn7WfoogaKTB+vJFqKndfLih3ClTFmL57eQhioIsyKMU5KlJwl32GFk/bw== Received: from VE1EUR01FT005.eop-EUR01.prod.protection.outlook.com (10.152.2.52) by VE1EUR01HT209.eop-EUR01.prod.protection.outlook.com (10.152.3.178) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.1.534.7; Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:11:31 +0000 Received: from VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com (10.152.2.58) by VE1EUR01FT005.mail.protection.outlook.com (10.152.2.142) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.1.534.7 via Frontend Transport; Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:11:31 +0000 Received: from VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com ([10.163.162.28]) by VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com ([10.163.162.28]) with mapi id 15.01.0534.015; Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:11:30 +0000 From: Manish Jain To: Polytropon , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Thread-Topic: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Thread-Index: AQHR1ky9tDiDPI7/Xk+b2eFoXr8cLKAJW1qAgAAGDgCAAIFAAIAAC5CAgAAU2IA= Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:11:30 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160705165629.2c2f6a24.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20160705165629.2c2f6a24.freebsd@edvax.de> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: spf=softfail (sender IP is 10.152.2.58) smtp.mailfrom=hotmail.com; edvax.de; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;edvax.de; dmarc=fail action=none header.from=hotmail.com; received-spf: SoftFail (protection.outlook.com: domain of transitioning hotmail.com discourages use of 10.152.2.58 as permitted sender) x-ms-exchange-messagesentrepresentingtype: 1 x-eopattributedmessage: 0 x-forefront-antispam-report: CIP:10.152.2.58; IPV:NLI; CTRY:; EFV:NLI; SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10019020)(98900003); DIR:OUT; SFP:1102; SCL:1; SRVR:VE1EUR01HT209; H:VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com; FPR:; SPF:None; LANG:en; x-ms-office365-filtering-correlation-id: 1897d40a-eb8b-4449-9060-08d3a4ef0614 x-microsoft-antispam: UriScan:; BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:(1601124038)(5061506196)(5061507196)(1603103041)(1601125047); SRVR:VE1EUR01HT209; x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:(432015012)(82015046); SRVR:VE1EUR01HT209; BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:; SRVR:VE1EUR01HT209; x-forefront-prvs: 0994F5E0C5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <83BD35070FE72244B5E2038DA12297C7@eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: hotmail.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 05 Jul 2016 16:11:30.9052 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Internet X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: VE1EUR01HT209 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jul 2016 16:11:41.0084 (UTC) FILETIME=[EA7D2DC0:01D1D6D7] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:12:47 -0000 On 07/05/16 20:26, Polytropon wrote: > No. The worst solution prevails, so we're basically stuck wuth USB. > Sure, there is Firewire, but who uses that? Or external SATA disks > or SSDs, which requires an eSATA port on the machines involved. The whole vbox experiment started with the idea of making my scanner=20 available to the vm. Now, with no USB, there seems no way of making the=20 Canon USB scanner work under the vm. Surprisingly, the list of filters=20 in vbox manager do not even list the Canon scanner - despite the fact=20 that the scanner has been switched on, and usbconfig clearly shows this : ugen2.6: at usbus2, cfg=3D0 md=3DHOST spd=3DHIGH=20 (480Mbps) pwr=3DON (2mA) Does that mean, if I can't get the scanner to work with sane/xsane,=20 there is no way except to actually boot XP? The USB situation is a puzzle : it is not as if vbox cleanly bars USB=20 access. I actually managed to access my pendrive for about 10 seconds -=20 just enough to do copy out the data I needed on the VM. So I could do=20 the work - but given the situation, there is no to be sure USB access=20 would be available for any length of time in the vm. But, for the moment, there is a solution - shared folders via vbox Guest=20 Additions (VGA). Although VGA is apparently not open source, but at=20 least I can download the iso image and make shared folders available to=20 the vm. That makes it possible to transfer data in and out of the vm. But that does not yet resolve the scanner situation as of yet. --=20 Regards Manish Jain