A little information about my setup:
Host OS: Ubuntu Server 8.04 ( ssh server )
Guest 1: Ubuntu Server 8.04 ( file/print server )
Guest 2: Ubuntu Server 8.04 ( http server )
Alright, my print server build went fine, I enabled usb device detection and all was fine and dandy, usb devices were detected perfectly. Then I installed vmware-tools, and now I'm getting errors when trying to configure my HP printer in the CUPS web interface.
relevant dmesg output:
Code:
[ 111.647911] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
[ 111.780265] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -84
[ 112.019349] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -84
[ 112.250072] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
[ 112.379260] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -84
[ 112.621152] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -84
[ 112.850671] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
[ 112.882538] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/8, error -84
[ 113.023229] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/8, error -71
[ 113.252209] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9
[ 113.291931] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/8, error -84
[ 113.431704] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/8, error -71
[ 296.948780] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 10
[ 297.079012] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -84
[ 297.319333] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -84
[ 297.549380] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 11
[ 297.679587] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -84
[ 297.919820] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -84
[ 298.150006] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 12
[ 298.185381] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/8, error -84
[ 298.320407] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/8, error -71
[ 298.550379] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 13
[ 298.585633] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/8, error -84
[ 298.720835] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/8, error -71
Now, when installing vmware-tools, I did run
Code:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
Can anyone explain to me what happened and how do I allow my VM to use the usb devices on my machine?
Thanks so much in advance.
thefunnyman
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