Re: debian losing usb detection after guest OS sees a USB device in virtualbox
On 30/01/12 01:42, H.S. wrote:
> On 29/01/12 01:14 AM, Bob Proulx wrote:
>> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>> H.S. wrote:
>>>> So, looks like I need to somehow make network manager not mess with
>>>> Tomtom when it is plugged in.
>>>
>>> I would be useful for others if you post your success at getting NM to
>>> ignore a device here.
>>
>> Agreed!
>>
>> Previously:
>>>>> Jan 28 22:21:59 red NetworkManager[2188]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.2/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/net/usb0, iface: usb0): no ifupdown configuration found.
>>>>> Jan 28 22:21:59 red NetworkManager[2188]: <info> (usb0): now managed
>>
>> This leads me to believe the device name being assigned to the device
>> is "usb0". Try this in /etc/network/interfaces:
>>
>> iface usb0 inet manual
>>
>> That line should tell ifupdown that the configuration is manual. And
>> since it is a configuration for ifupdown that tells NetworkManager to
>> leave it alone. I am pretty sure that will work.
>
> That did help a little. Inserted that line in 'interfaces' file,
> restarted networking and network-manager and now Tomtom is not tried as
> a network device.
>
> However, it is still grayed out in virtualbox and the VM doesn't see it
> as attached at all. Same behavior whether I have a filter for it in VB's
> USB devices filters section.
Any error messages or warnings in dmesg?
Does everything look as it should in:-
$ mount
Clear the VirtualBox log, reset all warnings, then retry. Then post the
log to paste.debian.net and post a link here.
>
> BTW, I have, since yesterday, virtualization enabled on my machine (amd
> machine, it is called AMD-V in it?). Is this necessary?
>
I'm not sure what you mean by "virtualization enabled".
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