Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 17:54:52 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB scanner under Virtualbox Message-ID: <20160617175452.a3591e39.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB0974FBBF458CE06A4550E6C9F6570@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB0974FBBF458CE06A4550E6C9F6570@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:41:33 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > I have a USB scanner (Canon MG2470 All In One printer, which I use > purely as a scanner) which is software-triggered - the software is > for Windows only. I also have three scanners where the software is for "Windows" only, and I use them with FreeBSD software. :-) Have you checked if you can use the scanner with CUSE directly from FreeBSD? I know the "things" manufactured by Canon often don't play nice regarding that task. > What are the chances that I will be able to get the scanner to work > under Virtualbox XP? Basic USB 1.0 support (probably sufficient for the scanner) should be provided by Virtualbox without problems. Just make sure the user you're running Virtualbox from is a member of the "vboxusers" group. In the Virtualbox configuration dialog, check "Enable USB Controller". The device should then be listed. Attention! I do not know if there are conflicts when accessing the same USB device both from the host and the VM instance that runs the guest OS... you need to actually verify this. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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