On 2019-12-01 19:14, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2019-12-01 at 14:04 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> My system is a fully updated F31 running the KDE desktop. It is the host, and I've got a qemu guest running >> F31 and the Xfce desktop. >> >> I would like to test access to a Samsung phone on the guest connected via USB. >> >> However, the host system grabs it and I can't seem to find a way to release it so the guest can access. >> There is no "eject" function in the "Device Notifier". Nor is does there seem to be a way to tell >> KDE not to grab the device. >> >> How to achieve the goal? > I use virt-manager. In the Preferences menu the options for New VM > include "Add Spice USB redirection - Yes", and my USB devices appear > automatically in the guest. Presumably that can be changed for existing > VMs as well. > Sure, that is what I have. But the VM can't obtain the Samsung phone because it is "in use" by the host. Even if I check the box, I get an error. The phone shows up in the Device Notifier of the host and I need it to be released and not show there. I have no problem with flash drives and usb WiFi dongles. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ kde mailing list -- kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kde-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
