Or that they aren't too close-minded. If you need USB support, and VBox is free, why not to use it? no offense...<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Pavel Troller</b> <<a href="mailto:patrol@sinus.cz">
patrol@sinus.cz</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> Try VirtualBox [1] (I really like it with Seamless Mode turned on) or VMWare
<br>> [2]. VirtualBox is free, VMWare isn't. I think that VirtualBox should work<br>> with no problems with your dongles (and with any Windows software that needs<br>> these dongles).<br>> In practice, USB support in VirtualBox works great in most cases but
<br>> sometimes not. If USB doesn't work for you in VirtualBox then read<br>> <a href="http://virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ">http://virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ</a> and "Troubleshooting" -> "Linux hosts" in
<br>> the <a href="http://virtualbox.org/download/UserManual.pdf">http://virtualbox.org/download/UserManual.pdf</a> .<br>> If still doesn't work then try VMWare instead.<br>><br>Hmm..<br> I've looked at the virtualbox site and I've found that their OSE (Open Source
<br>Edition) doesn't contain USB support. It's a stopper for me as my policy is<br>"not to accept any binary packages" on my system. They decided to remove it<br>from the OSE because they count it as an "Enterprise feature". They probably
<br>think that home machines are not using USB, that people don't have mobile<br>phones, GPS receivers, or simply any other USB devices unsupported in Linux.<br> With regards, Pavel Troller<br><br>_______________________________________________
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