From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jul 5 19:36:19 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17ACCB219FA for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2016 19:36:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-qk0-x232.google.com (mail-qk0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD8E3120B for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2016 19:36:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: by mail-qk0-x232.google.com with SMTP id e3so95880956qkd.0 for ; Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:36:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsd.com.br; s=capeta; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cbFrwgF+KYczvahfq5a+RGYwzXjw3A5ZBQneK6kpOEk=; b=YNxgl20i8BJ2gR1byHac450LpPxczGLrT68Fib8LEdXSkqCFuHhc5PBWxyTMU8L7Um 0X2TcIrX4jdxpPS56mHw8pd58/RzTnP5kCnszr8sBI+0nzkP9LGiGHqc/2hA1j+ukJZy fjqSqcrspUK6NRczTMQgAf15X9mVBXT5kkyn8= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:organization:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cbFrwgF+KYczvahfq5a+RGYwzXjw3A5ZBQneK6kpOEk=; b=bG7yZjgZO8JFRh9jCHJaMFvGef7YrK++5uNWZB4+lLdPsvuz5pfoCzzlfqp+++l9rk N/4mzhWOx7OTiPQD5mY7CDrDjAxIciW3ULC0ivHp9f0tMH4P1wRnKvlM7+TgU0H2dY5v F0W5FObMo8cfhutiYGE2O1yZO3JdelZZyuHqGIZ1uT0xlPOqR3Ywzb/oyVEWJ68ZfWyU +ZnRaGSdJ0iKNVqOAaDiCqPn6yiyUqqhgEHY2c9k9tKtbWYLCg9t/1xKVjm/YppyvnIU Hc7QaG1DT3UFAY/stSb/0y+jD7ec4noehcSlssOpSARCoZL370059FOdKIIyzOyIzfJ9 GRow== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tKHWzuWaENQkzBowlrX2S8BoOkNUdnl7UHaktFMMI10hI8rVXNOMqNXHJygIyaxaQ== X-Received: by 10.55.192.143 with SMTP id v15mr24458684qkv.23.1467747377343; Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:36:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Papi ([186.212.226.96]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k54sm2042789qtk.44.2016.07.05.12.36.13 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:36:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:36:11 -0300 From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Message-ID: <20160705163611.70ba678b@Papi> In-Reply-To: <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se> References: <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se> Organization: BSD X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 19:36:19 -0000 On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 19:27:01 +0200 Bernt Hansson wrote: > On 2016-07-05 16:15, Manish Jain wrote: > > On 07/05/16 12:02, Polytropon wrote: =20 > >> On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 08:10:49 +0200, CeDeROM wrote: =20 > >>> The USB support on VirtualBox is highly unreliable and version > >>> dependant - it works with some releases and with some releases it > >>> does not work as expected - not only on FreeBSD (I also use OSX > >>> version). This is really annoying when USB stops working after an > >>> update to a new version and you depend on this USB access with > >>> your work :-( =20 > >> Just an idea: > >> > >> Why not mount the USB stick on the FreeBSD host system (or even > >> have Gnome automount it), then make the mount directory accessible > >> to the "Windows" guest through localhost FTP, localhost SAMBA, or > >> another means of virtual network? > >> > >> It sounds so stupid - it could actually work! ;-) > >> =20 > > Sounds a bit far-fetched and would anyway need to be implemented all > > over again every time I install FreeBSD. > > > > Just wondering if this is possible - I remember there was an > > application (Nero, I think) - which made it possible to copy/paste > > to CD/DVD RW from Explorer itself, without the need to actually > > burn it via a CD/DVD frontend. Is there any way I can use a CD/DVD > > just as a part of the regular filesystem ? If that is possible, the > > need for USB support in vbox would largely be mitigated. > > > > Is there any other non-USB device which can fill in the need to make > > shared data available to the guest machine ? IOMEGA floppies I > > think are no longer used, but if there is something which provides > > seamless access, I would not mind buying some hardware to solve the > > problem for good (considering the magnitude of the problem, make > > that 'for very good'). > > > > Thanks for any tips. =20 > Perhaps this is worth a try. >=20 > http://linux.bytesex.org/misc/webfs.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =46rom my side, I've been having woes with VBox usb usage, to the point that I wrote to the developers of VB directly. What follows is the conversation I had with Mr. Frank Mehnert | Software Development Director, VirtualBox. ME: > I've been using VB with FreeBSD since its early days, when > USB 1.0 used to be the standard. >=20 > Now a days, it is no longer viable, even if we downgrade the USB > connection through the OS to usb 1.0. The device shows up on the guest > but that is as far as it goes. It simply doesn't work. >=20 > I see that you have pre-compiled extension packs for Windows and Linux > hosts. VB compiles and works great through the ports in FreeBSD. The > highest available official version 4.3.38 but through the works of > Jung-uk Kim, I am running 5.0.20 right now! If it wasn't for this USB > issue, VB would be completely operational on FBSD! >=20 > You probably have been asked about this a lot, but do you see a > possibility anywhere in the future, of providing a pre-compiled > extension pack for FreeBSD? I never understood why Windows and Linux > have it and FreeBSD doesn't. Is there a particular reason for it? >=20 > Is there anyway I can help with this matter? Anybody in particular I > can plead for this? >=20 > Again, my apologies for barging in, and thank you for reading and for > your time. =20 Frank: hard to say. I guess if the USB devices worked in the past then this was probably because the due to the missing Extension Pack the devices were forced to use the USB 1 mode. Providing Extenicode for FreeBSD is not impossible but would require some effort. The most important part is probably to find a compatible build environment. I don't say "No" in general but we need to think about this in more detail. Kind regards, Frank --=20 Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] =20 "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things,=20 because that would also stop you from doing clever things."