From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 00:37:23 +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 On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 03:29:55PM -0500, Sean McHenry wrote: > 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. Good, this is because the printer module is bound to the device properly. > If I start the system with the printer NOT plugged into the USB port, VM > ware can capture the port. Ok, it seems that VMWare uses usbdevfs to grab devices. > When installing the software, it freezes. Ah, looks like a VMWare problem, I'd suggest asking them. Good luck. greg k-h _______________________________________________ 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