Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 VM won't recognize Pixel 8 connected over USB

[vegetta664]

I have 1x Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop VM running on my Vsphere 8.X server. I've connected 1x pixel 8 phone to the server, and assigned it to the Ubuntu 22.X VM (via settings/Add New Device/Add Host USB Device/Google Pixel 8) and a USB controller 3.2 (via settings/Add New Device/USB Controller).

However, the Ubuntu VM does not recognize the Pixel 8 device. I have installed ADB drivers on my Ubuntu VM and the latest Android Studio. USB debugging has been enabled on the Pixel 8 phone and "Default USB configuration" has been set to "File Transfer/Android Auto".

The command "adb devices -l" doesn't show any connected devices. The lsusb command also doesn't show the phone.

The dmesg logs shows several USB power related issues:

[ 323.296213] usb 1-4-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
[ 326.805265] usb 1-4.1: new high-speed USB device number 42 using xhci_hcd
[ 326.889604] usb 1-4.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 327.166404] usb 1-4.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 327.343481] usb 1-4.1: new high-speed USB device number 43 using xhci_hcd
[ 330.833247] usb 1-4.1: device descriptor read/all, error -71
[ 330.833350] usb 1-4-port1: attempt power cycle
[ 334.637667] usb 1-4.1: new high-speed USB device number 44 using xhci_hcd
[ 334.650037] usb 1-4.1: device descriptor read/8, error -71
[ 334.793019] usb 1-4.1: device descriptor read/8, error -71
[ 334.986757] usb 1-4.1: new high-speed USB device number 45 using xhci_hcd
[ 340.078126] usb 1-4.1: device descriptor read/8, error -110