From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 24 16:09:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEC02106566C for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:09:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A554E8FC1B for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:09:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ORor6-0003GH-Id for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:00:45 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:09:52 -0700 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:09:52 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100624160952.GC557@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <6edba1895fc4c337d6f7d9ef0229dd9d.squirrel@www.theched.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6edba1895fc4c337d6f7d9ef0229dd9d.squirrel@www.theched.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: Virtualization with USB on Freebsd 8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:09:57 -0000 On Jun 24 18:58, stephan@theched.org wrote: > Good morning/afternoon/evening, > > Do you know of any virtualisation solution that would allow USB devices > when using Freebsd-8 as host ? > > We do indeed have virtualbox-OSE, but without USB support.... > > Basically I would use that to fire-up a WinXP session allowing my to sync > various USB devices that I cannot sync using my Freebsd box (iPod, GPS > etc.) > > Thanks in advance, > > -Steven Not sure about other USB devices, but I use virtualbox-ose on FreeBSD host, and Windows 7 sees the USB wireless keyboard and mouse without any fiddling. But perhaps that's because FreeBSD also sees them and virtualizes them. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Sterling (Chip) Camden http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com