From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sean McHenry Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:39:36 +0000 Subject: Re: VMware / RH 7.2 hotplug issue. Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Forgot to mention this important bit - what is tying up the usb port is /dev/usb/lp0. I tried actually rm'ing it and rebooting. Nothing good happening yet. Sean McHenry wrote: > (forgive me if this is a double posting. I think I used the wrong > address the first time) > > Folks, > I am having quite a bit of trouble getting my USB printer to install > under VMware. I have RH 7.2 as the Host OS and WinMe as the guest OS. > > Here's what's happening... > > When I fire up the PC as normal WITH the printer already connected, > Linux sees the USB device, the Lexmark X63 printer. When I try to run > the installation software under VMware, I get an error message telling > me the host OS has use of the USB port and VMwae will not take control > until RH gives up control of the device. > > If I start the system with the printer NOT plugged into the USB port, > VM ware can capture the port. When installing the software, it > freezes. Who knows why but I think it is still having issues with RH > discovering the USB port as soon as the printer is connected also. > Anyway, at this point, even if VM ware keeps focus, if I unplug the > printer and then plug it in again, RH once again has control and I'm > back to the problem above. > > Here's the problem then as I see it. How do I tell my RH 7.2 install > to ignore a USB port so I can use it in VMware only. I do not need to > use any USB ports under RH at this time. It is much more inmportant > to use the ports under VMware for printing and so on. Part 2, if I > tell my system to ignore a USB port, will VMware still be able to find > it? It really relies on the Host OS to pass information from the > outside world. > > Anyone have any ideas on all this? > > Thanks, > -- Sean McHenry McHenry Technologies Hilliard, Ohio (614) 592-8529 (cell) http://www.McHenryTech.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- This message sent from a RedHat 7.2 Linux based PC. Don't fear the Penguin. ------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel