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Chapter 16 Connecting Devices
Troubleshoot Device Control Issues on a Linux Host
OnLinuxhosts,guestoperatingsystemscanusedevicesthatarenotalreadyinuseby
thehost,thatis,devicesthatarenotclaimedbyahostoperatingsystemdriver.
IfthedeviceisinusebythehostandyoutrytochooseVM>RemovableDevicesto
connectittothegues
t,adi
alogboxappears,askingwhetheryouwanttodisconnectthe
driveronthehost.Occasionally,disconnectingthedevicefails.
Arelatedissuesometimesaffectsdevicesthatrelyonautomaticconnection(asPDAs
oftendo).Occasion ally,evenifyousuccessfullyusedautoconnectiontoconnectthe
devicetothevirtualmach
ine,youmightexperienceproblemswiththeconnectionto
thedevice.
To troubleshoot device control issues on a Linux host
1Ifyouhaveproblemswithautomaticconnections,chooseVM>Removable
Devicestodisconnectthedeviceandreconnectit.
2Iftheproblempersists,unplugthedevicephysicallyandplugitinagain.
3Ifawarningappearsthatthedeviceisinus
e,disablethedeviceinthehotplug
configurationfilesinthe/etc/hotplugdirectory.
Fordetailsoneditingtheseconfigurationfiles,seeyourLinuxdistribution’s
documentation.
4Ifadisconnectionfails,dooneofthefollowing:
Ifthedriverwasautomaticallyloadedbyhotplug,disableitinthehotplug
configurationfilesinthe/etc/hotplugdirectory.
Fordetailsoneditingtheseconfigurationfiles,seeyourLinuxdistribution’s
documentation.
Tounloadthedevicedrivermanually,becomeroot(su -)andusethermmod
command.
Disconnecting USB Devices from a Virtual Machine
BeforeyouunplugaUSBdeviceorchooseVM>RemovableDevicestodisconnectit
fromavirtualmachine,besureitisinasafestate.
Followtheproceduresthedevicemanufacturerspecifiesforunpluggingthedevice
fromaphysicalcomputer.Thisistruewhetheryouarephysicallyunpluggingit,
movingitfr
omhosttovirtualmac
hine,movingitbetweenvirtualmachines,ormoving
itfromvirtualmachinetohost.
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