svn commit: r49599 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization
Warren Block <[email protected]>
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Author: wblock Date: Fri Oct 28 14:26:21 2016 New Revision: 49599 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49599 Log: USB pass-through in VirtualBox is currently not supported. PR: 207630 Submitted by: Tim Moore <[email protected]> Reported by: fehmi noyan isi <[email protected]> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8318 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml Fri Oct 28 13:19:25 2016 (r49598) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml Fri Oct 28 14:26:21 2016 (r49599) @@ -910,31 +910,10 @@ perm vboxnetctl 0660</programlisting> <sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-usb-support"> <title>&virtualbox; USB Support</title> - <para>In order to be able to read and write to USB devices, - users need to be members of - <systemitem class="groupname">operator</systemitem>:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pw groupmod operator -m <replaceable>jerry</replaceable></userinput></screen> - - <para>Then, add the following to - <filename>/etc/devfs.rules</filename>, or create this file if - it does not exist yet:</para> - - <programlisting>[system=10] -add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group operator</programlisting> - - <para>To load these new rules, add the following to - <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> - - <programlisting>devfs_system_ruleset="system"</programlisting> - - <para>Then, restart devfs:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service devfs restart</userinput></screen> - - <para>USB can now be enabled in the guest operating system. USB - devices should be visible in the &virtualbox; - preferences.</para> + <para>The <application>&virtualbox;</application> extension + pack is not available for &os; hosts. Without the extension + pack, the &os; host cannot pass <acronym>USB</acronym> + ports through to guest operating systems.</para> </sect2> <sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-host-dvd-cd-access"> _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-doc-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"