OK, the USB printer can be used after issuing rmmod usblp from the shell, and then connecting it to the vm via menu. When I mounted the usb stick once and then try to connect it to the vm via rmmod usb_storage, I get an error saying "Module in use", even after unmounting the stick under Pu...

Following the recommendations from VMware I got the memory stick to work inside the VM in the following way: 1. Plug in the stick 2. Type "rmmod usb_storage" in a console window 3. Attach usb stick to VM using the VMware player menu After using the stick from Win XP and detaching from VMwa...

I found the following regarding USB devices on the VMware support site: Device Control on a Linux Host On Linux hosts, guest operating systems can use devices that are not already in use by the host — that is, devices that are not claimed by a host operating system driver. If your device is in use b...

Hi, I am running VMware Player 4.0.2 with Win XP as guest under Lupu 5.2.8. I want to use a USB printer from the guest system (Windows GDI printer without Linux driver, this is my main reason to have a Windows VM). When I plug in the USB cable, Windows recognizes the printer and shows "Device R...

In order to install VMware Player 4.0.2 under Lucid 5.2.8 I followed the instructions from DanYHKim, October 29.,2010, but I found that I needed a few additional points. 1. VMware Player seems to need HAL daemon (Hardware Abstraction Layer) installed. It was removed from Puppy since 5.2.5 or so. The...