From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 6 13:10:49 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 685CAB75FB9 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:10:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm38-vm6.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (nm38-vm6.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [212.82.97.156]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BDA441CE1 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:10:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s2048; t=1467810444; bh=GmXG+Swn2AEVNN5jmC0axsXie+uL6uOi3JekqC8DM38=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From:Subject; b=peCMiLgRnZLYZpyO8V6HD6KUTojCjhWG4YQaNdjSOptPKrT+IuB3nY9m2c5cuR2xqaexRUlwxUoTMrFCoKETbGwMo8cEFl5nHXjhENmU7aaJBD3btp0uTWfQg2p+aNgzmnhsRlid5yl1sRGpl5X9EdyrkQKP6Fi0re53Qyvldlk6/qLHIfo4qTBzxuzAEBEULSIGlBfXktqIMQhEsnYefFUccDg5OG8h4UMv+qzR4sXnZ+dERbe/i0LI/aohUDPvTkkiAFO9EKL5oZg53khkZe8j02joDyUIw8ILWkKsb3Zw6UClNXwMagS2Noupv08XBh3sLL/lXAlYrVokNc2hXg== Received: from [212.82.98.57] by nm38.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jul 2016 13:07:24 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.97] by tm10.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jul 2016 13:07:24 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp134.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jul 2016 13:07:24 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 933189.14481.bm@smtp134.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: xjcnn4YVM1ke3qoxrWeE1HPwZo.I_E1tiwAUkMeWeLwbGBP ptdD9tMVHkW78h09t2XXJ0AsZzMh4U09lIWu4i.2EQAh6VUKpRo6VhlMzEcL 4zRM9nTaAyM1Umo.QMH_YeFqG_sP.nNLHOxUS0YxBbAt_0rBmlT.s2dN_gj_ PrEZ9mX2Sum7N.ZQY8HyPq1hAQ_KeHoImZR1GqEcVvOchs2RFE0x8tooUNlZ 8iyUXlWjMqKR5SFTTONz.vGC1M2PHbF2lEkjbb1TfeGPS0GqbC1zdzlayDXk ns3Md.iI6rAOIk3KwAuu1L4N13SiGTRTOkG8jdo98rlklljaZZTCDGHPcI1y Hj47x1BQwre890JtL.NumNV9VBZ_SkpcAcShohtb6Q02NPC7OVUMe_RJttNp U4rBcflZz5aIq5O9jaNvV56a0Q2xoiOMIg7l.LfWB_4u6ls9wQQRlROkIRvi 7OGuqRa0ZtL9PHSagcowee.ifr7n1iJXBVrYcwFNrtFQIMV3VFGdBPh6uj61 3OLAF9Wk.arR9HnVztyGbxibpqwJ46QYXGU6kNDVLnVLRpY3HFWejeIkf9tt uPMZqbRQ2Fff9tq7uEEHfdY0futetAA-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 15:07:24 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Message-ID: <20160706150724.4e1fa29f@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2-1-geb08800 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-arch-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 13:10:49 -0000 On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 12:21:52 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: >I reconsidered my position. With the USB situation as it is, there is >no way I can make the Windows XP vm do anything meaningful. It seems >ridiculous that VirtualBox passes on my APC UPS to the vm, but the >scanner and printer are not even available for filtering. The pen >drive filter is available, but the goddamn thing won't work in the vm. >VirtualBox is a pathetic piece of software, in my opinion. I am very >glad that I did not get rid of my Windows XP installation - otherwise >I would have been left on very marshy grounds if and when I needed >Redmond services. You didn't describe what you actually try to archive and how you tried to do this. You e.g. can't connect to the printer, by using a Windows guest's driver for the printer. The real hardware is handled by the host. I don't use a printer at all, but assumed I would use a printer, I anyway would consider to print using the host, even if printing using the guest would be possible, data transmission is slower, slower virtual hard disk, slower virtual hardware interfaces. Which program requires scanning and printing? Isn't it possible to scan and print using the host? I guess the Software running on the guest OS is most likely able to import a scanned pic and to export text or pic files for printing, by using a shared folder. Virtualbox most likely is the weakest virtual machine available regarding a lot of aspects, but OTOH it's most likely the most easiest to use virtual machine. Virtualbox doesn't require graphical desktop sharing by VNC, it doesn't require SAMBA to share files, you can set up everything by just a few mouse clicks, without the learning curve other virtual solutions require. Regards, Ralf