[plug] More on running VMware with Debian Sid

[Quintin Lette]

I haven't tried it but you could place uhci in
/etc/hotplug/blacklist instead of usb-uhci (which is in there on my sid 
system)

Hope that helps

Quintin

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:57 am, Michael Hunt wrote:
> Pluggers,
>
> Just adding a little more to the ongoing discussion about running VMware
> on Debian Sid (i.e. running it as a host, have plans to run it as a
> guest OS but time has not yet enabled me to). Can anyone point me in the
> right direction to resolving this error that comes up concerning the usb
> driver the kernel uses. It seems all I have to do is load the 'usb-uhci'
> driver instead of the 'uhci' driver (assuming driver here is used
> synonymously with module ???). I have checked /etc/modules.conf but
> can't see where it is being loaded. My understanding of usb on linux is
> very much on the non-existent side so any pointers to where to start
> would be appreciated. Having just brought a Motorola A835 mobile phone I
> am keen to try out the software that came with it. (Unfortunately M$
> only and using a USB cable connection hence the reason for my question).
>
> The kernel is a stock Debian 2.4.22-1-k7 one and the VMware version is
> 3.2.1 build-2242. Below is the error message that appears.
>
> VMware Workstation has detected the alternate UHCI host controller
> driver ("uhci") for USB.
> Using USB devices within a virtual machine is unsupported with this
> driver loaded.
> Please use the "usb-uhci" UHCI driver instead.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
>
> Michael Hunt
>
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