Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:36:11 -0300 From: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Message-ID: <20160705163611.70ba678b@Papi> In-Reply-To: <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se> References: <VI1PR02MB0974C9E557F7FEBCA7D7B4FCF6380@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CAFYkXjnn3gOXAj8jAxqGqy0z0kcEFUf5jvixgO9pwGw_g=uNBg@mail.gmail.com> <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB09744511B04DD7E41AAB6A33F6390@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se>
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 19:27:01 +0200 Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> wrote: > On 2016-07-05 16:15, Manish Jain wrote: > > On 07/05/16 12:02, Polytropon wrote: > >> On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 08:10:49 +0200, CeDeROM wrote: > >>> The USB support on VirtualBox is highly unreliable and version > >>> dependant - it works with some releases and with some releases it > >>> does not work as expected - not only on FreeBSD (I also use OSX > >>> version). This is really annoying when USB stops working after an > >>> update to a new version and you depend on this USB access with > >>> your work :-( > >> Just an idea: > >> > >> Why not mount the USB stick on the FreeBSD host system (or even > >> have Gnome automount it), then make the mount directory accessible > >> to the "Windows" guest through localhost FTP, localhost SAMBA, or > >> another means of virtual network? > >> > >> It sounds so stupid - it could actually work! ;-) > >> > > Sounds a bit far-fetched and would anyway need to be implemented all > > over again every time I install FreeBSD. > > > > Just wondering if this is possible - I remember there was an > > application (Nero, I think) - which made it possible to copy/paste > > to CD/DVD RW from Explorer itself, without the need to actually > > burn it via a CD/DVD frontend. Is there any way I can use a CD/DVD > > just as a part of the regular filesystem ? If that is possible, the > > need for USB support in vbox would largely be mitigated. > > > > Is there any other non-USB device which can fill in the need to make > > shared data available to the guest machine ? IOMEGA floppies I > > think are no longer used, but if there is something which provides > > seamless access, I would not mind buying some hardware to solve the > > problem for good (considering the magnitude of the problem, make > > that 'for very good'). > > > > Thanks for any tips. > Perhaps this is worth a try. > > http://linux.bytesex.org/misc/webfs.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From my side, I've been having woes with VBox usb usage, to the point that I wrote to the developers of VB directly. What follows is the conversation I had with Mr. Frank Mehnert | Software Development Director, VirtualBox. ME: > I've been using VB with FreeBSD since its early days, when > USB 1.0 used to be the standard. > > Now a days, it is no longer viable, even if we downgrade the USB > connection through the OS to usb 1.0. The device shows up on the guest > but that is as far as it goes. It simply doesn't work. > > I see that you have pre-compiled extension packs for Windows and Linux > hosts. VB compiles and works great through the ports in FreeBSD. The > highest available official version 4.3.38 but through the works of > Jung-uk Kim, I am running 5.0.20 right now! If it wasn't for this USB > issue, VB would be completely operational on FBSD! > > You probably have been asked about this a lot, but do you see a > possibility anywhere in the future, of providing a pre-compiled > extension pack for FreeBSD? I never understood why Windows and Linux > have it and FreeBSD doesn't. Is there a particular reason for it? > > Is there anyway I can help with this matter? Anybody in particular I > can plead for this? > > Again, my apologies for barging in, and thank you for reading and for > your time. Frank: hard to say. I guess if the USB devices worked in the past then this was probably because the due to the missing Extension Pack the devices were forced to use the USB 1 mode. Providing Extenicode for FreeBSD is not impossible but would require some effort. The most important part is probably to find a compatible build environment. I don't say "No" in general but we need to think about this in more detail. Kind regards, Frank -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things."help
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