I accidently upgraded VirtualBox, systemd and linux. The problem I had with USB passtrough are gone. I don't know at which version they were resolved, as reference here my currently installed versions: core/linux 3.18.5-1 (base) community/virtualbox 4.3.20-4 Am 03.12.2014 um 09:46 schrieb Peter Bauer: > I need to downgrad systemd to keep my system working with the older > kernel (3.11.6-1). I received huge amount of errors in when I ran tail > -f /var/log/messages: > > > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 28 00 00 08 00 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Sense Key : 0x4 [current] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x0 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 30 00 00 08 00 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Sense Key : 0x4 [current] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x0 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 38 00 00 08 00 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Sense Key : 0x4 [current] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x0 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 40 00 00 08 00 > Sep 5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code > > > This could be cause by my internal SD-Card-Reader. I have a Lenovo X230 > tablet. > > I copied old versions from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ downgraded following > packages: > > pacman -U syslog-ng-3.5.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > systemd-sysvcompat-216-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > libsystemd-216-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz systemd-216-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > lib32-systemd-216-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > > My IgnPkg line in /etc/pacman.conf is getting ridicolous: > > IgnorePkg = virtualbox virtualbox-guest-iso virtualbox-guest-modules > virtualbox-host-modules linux syslog-ng systemd-sysvcompat libsystemd > systemd lib32-systemd > > All this just to keep USB passtrough working. Hopefully gnome will not > make a dependency on a systemd version. Then I will be really f*. > > > Am 03.09.2014 um 14:10 schrieb Peter Bauer: >> I downgraded and have postive results. >> >> >> Currently installed: >> >> virtualbox 4.2.18-1 >> virtualbox-guest-iso 4.2.18-1 >> virtualbox-host-modules 4.2.18-7 >> linux 3.11.6-1 >> >> >> No USB read/write problems any more. I still get Malformed Packet in >> Wireshark, but this seems unrelated. >> >> However now I receive crashes of my VM when attaching/detaching USB >> devices to my VM often. Guess I have to live with that. >> >> >> Am 03.09.2014 um 12:54 schrieb Peter Bauer: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have also issues with USB devices on Windows 7 32Bit guest. The >>> devices I use are mainly USB Serial COM ports. On top of that a >>> proprietary binary protocol is used. >>> >>> The applications that communicate with the USB Serial COM ports are >>> constantly having problems reading and writing data. >>> >>> Installed: >>> virtualbox 4.3.14-3 >>> virtualbox-guest-iso 4.3.14-1 >>> virtualbox-guest-modules 4.3.14-5 >>> virtualbox-host-modules 4.3.14-5 >>> Linux localhost 3.16.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 14 07:40:19 CEST >>> 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>> >>> Extension Pack 4.3.14r95030 >>> >>> With usbmon and wireshark I could see a lot of malformed USB packets. >>> I'm afraid I don't know enough to make an exact conclusion whats wrong >>> in detail. >>> >>> I will try a downgrad from 4.3.14-3 to 4.3.12 and report again. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 04.08.2014 um 22:05 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: >>>> On Mon, 2014-08-04 at 20:15 +0100, Marco Monteiro wrote: >>>>> I have experienced problems with USB also. My guest is Windows 8.1. >>>>> When I try to access the USB device from Windows, the access fails >>>>> and then everything inside the VM seems to start misbehaving. I cannot >>>>> properly shutdown the VM - I have to kill the VBox process. >>>> >>>> Hi Marco, >>>> >>>> when the USB data transfer paused, the graphic performance and access to >>>> the VDI drive slowed down, for iTunes and other apps running on the XP >>>> guest. Performance for iTunes always is bad, but other apps usually run >>>> without issues. I always could shut down Windows, but sometimes much >>>> time was needed before I could use the menu. If you can't shutdown your >>>> guest, you could try to shut down the virtual machine by closing the >>>> VBox window, instead off killing the process. >>>> >>>> I add an additional comment to my bug report. >>>> >>>> "There isn't an issue for the USB mouse, but data transfer between VBox >>>> and an iPad2 is broken when I use 4.3.14. There aren't issues anymore, >>>> after I downgraded all packages to 4.3.12. The whole performance of Vbox >>>> is slower when syncing iTunes and an iPad with .14 and there are many >>>> unknown errors and timeouts, if you e.g. try to install 20 applications >>>> or more from iTunes running on the VBox guest to an iPad. Disconnecting >>>> the iPad's USB causes VBox to crash, if it is done without unchecking >>>> the iPad in VBox's devices menu, this doesn't happen when using .12. >>>> >>>> The used packages are virtualbox, virtualbox-host-dkms, >>>> virtualbox-extension-pack and I install the guest additions that fit to >>>> the installed version of virtualbox. Perhaps the culprit isn't the >>>> package virtualbox, it might be the package virtualbox-extension-pack, >>>> since it's needed for USB2 support." - >>>> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41424 >>>> >>>> JFTR everything already was ok, when I only downgraded the package >>>> virtualbox, disabled USB2 support and kept the 4.3.14 guest additions. >>>> In the mean time I downgraded all packages and add the 4.3.12 guest >>>> additions, so with the outdated version I now can use USB2 again. >>>> >>>> Perhaps you have the time confirm my bug report. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Ralf >>>> >>> >> >
