No go for me, maybe I'm running the wrong version of virsh? virsh # attach-device XPJohn usbPhone2.xml libvir: QEMU error : unknown device type error: Failed to attach device from usbPhone2.xml virsh # version Compiled against library: libvir 0.4.0 Using library: libvir 0.4.0 Using API: QEMU 0.4.0 Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.9.1 [root@e6400:/etc/libvirt/ 482]$virsh list Connecting to uri: qemu:///system Id Name State ---------------------------------- 1 XPJohn running 2 ubuntuVNC running 3 webserver running 4 XPTest running [root@e6400:/etc/libvirt/ 481]$lsusb Bus 007 Device 004: ID 0bb4:0b2e High Tech Computer Corp. Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 [root@e6400:/etc/libvirt/ 481]$cat usbPhone2.xml <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb'> <source> <address bus='7' device='4'/> </source> What am I doing wrong? -Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Cole Robinson [mailto:crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 6:09 PM > To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools > Cc: Libvirt; jmandawg@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: attach hot usb device > > cc-ing libvir-list (future libvirt questions should be directed there) > > jmandawg wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Quick question, since I can't get to the qemu monitor anymore, how do I > > hot add a usb device (smartphone)? > > > > Is it possible to do through virsh? > > > > Sure: > > - Use 'lsusb' to determine the bus and device. Example listing looks like: > > Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0781:5151 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro 256/512MB > Flash Drive > > - Put hostdev xml in a file: > > cat << __EOF__ > usb.xml > <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb'> > <source> > <address bus='1' device='6'/> > </source> > </hostdev> > __EOF__ > > - Run 'virsh attach-device {VMNAME} usb.xml' on a running VM. > > Hope that helps, > Cole _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools