Comments on: Running Windows under Ubuntu Edgy using VMWare

By: Arun

Arun — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:52:09 +0000

I’m not sure either. I don’t use VMWare anymore. I use Virtualbox, so I’m not sure if the issue is with the recent versions.

By: kamal paryani

kamal paryani — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:03:28 +0000

i am using xp and ubuntu in dual boot, i have a fat32 partition where i store my virtual machines, i have installed vmware server in both xp and ubuntu , this way i can use my virtual machines regardless of which os is booted, when i boot xp and run the virtual machines with xp as host then i can run 4-5 guest machines with good speed
but when i use ubuntu as host then the guest machines are very slow even when only 2 guest machines are running
my machine config is core2duo 1.86 ghz, 4gb ram, intel dg965ry motherboard, 160 gb sata hdd
i dont know why my guest run slow when i am using ubuntu as host

By: geekguy

geekguy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:44:42 +0000

thnx for da blog arun

i just wanna know is intel xtreme graphics working successfully under vmware

By: Arun

Arun — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:54:00 +0000

You are welcome. Virtualbox too had this USB issue with Ubuntu Gutsy. Editing /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh fixed it.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:40:15 +0000

mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb

fixed my usb issues, thank you!!!!!!!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:30:09 +0000

You guys are the best! I spent hours trying to figure out why my WinXP VM in VMWare server on Ubuntu wouldn’t recognize USB devices. mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb did the trick.

By: Arun

Arun — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:31:39 +0000

Thanks for the tip Ubuntix.

By: ubuntix

ubuntix — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:07:56 +0000

mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb
or append
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto 0 0
to /etc/fstab
then restart the linux host
then to make win xp guest recognise the usb device
click on VM>Removable Devices>USB Devices>[your device] and install the drivers.
ubuntix

By: Arun

Arun — Sat, 12 May 2007 13:40:44 +0000

Thanks Mihai. I uninstalled VMWare and I’m using Virtualbox now.

By: Mihai

Mihai — Sat, 12 May 2007 09:11:03 +0000

I got my webcam to work…to see it in the VM -> Removable Devices menu. I previously made a virtual machine at http://www.easyvmx.com and I found in the vmx file the following:

# USB settings
# This config activates USB
usb.present = “TRUE”
usb.generic.autoconnect = “FALSE”

I just copied those in the vmx created with VMWare Server and it worked Hope it helps.