Attachment 183905 Details for Bug 220350 – document virtualbox usb passthrough.

[patch] document virtualbox usb passthrough.

virtualbox_docs.diff (text/plain), 1.61 KB, created by Johannes Jost Meixner on 2017-06-29 09:16:54 UTC

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Created: 2017-06-29 09:16:54 UTC

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>diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
>index 5917e21429..86394b7104 100644
>--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
>+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
>@@ -920,10 +920,21 @@ perm    vboxnetctl 0660</programlisting>
>     <sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-usb-support">
>       <title>&virtualbox; USB Support</title>
> 
>-      <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>
>+      <para><application>&virtualbox;</application> can be configured to pass
>+	<acronym>USB</acronym> devices through the guest operating system.
>+	The host controller of the OSE version is limited to emulating
>+	USB 1.1 devices until the extension pack supporting <acronym>USB</acronym>
>+	2.0 and 3.0 devices becomes available on &os;.</para>
>+
>+      <para>In order for <application>&virtualbox;</application> to be aware of
>+	<acronym>USB</acronym> devices attached to your machine, your
>+	user needs to be a member of the operating group.</para>
>+
>+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pw groupmod operator -m <replaceable>yourusername</replaceable></userinput></screen>
>+
>+      <para>Restart your login session and <application>&virtualbox</application>
>+	for these changes to take effect, and create <acronym>USB</acronym>
>+	filters as necessary.</para>
>     </sect2>
> 
>     <sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-host-dvd-cd-access">

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