On Sun, 2011-12-25 at 08:19 -0500, David McGuffey wrote: > Started this over on the main list, but remembered there is a > CentOS-virt list also where this would be more appropriate. > > At home, I'm all Linux and only run Windows in VMs when I absolutely > have to (e.g., TurboTax on Win7 during the tax filing season). > > Now I'm trying to get Win7 running in a VM on CentOS > 5.6 and kvm to connect to my iTouch and iPhone so I can sync them with > iTunes. > > When I plug the iPhone in and run lsusb I get an address of 05AC:12A0 > > Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 001 Device 011: ID 05ac:12a0 Apple, Inc. > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > I put that into a hostdev block in the xml file that defines the VM. > > <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'> > <source> > <vendor id='0x05AC'/> > <product id='0x12A0'/> > </source> > </hostdev> > > But...no joy. Win7 works in all other aspects...just won't connect to a > usb device. > > Anyone get kvm to pass an iTouch or iPhone through to the VM so it can > communicate with iTunes? > > I'm thinking this may be a permissions and SELinux issue...the usb > device is owned by 'dave' (my CentOS login id), but the VM is owned by > kvm (different owner and different SELinux context). > > I remember reading a lengthy discussion on how to get kvm to run as as a > regular user...will have to go find it. > > Once I clean the host up and back up some data, I'll be migrating to > CentOS 6.2. Does that version have more capability to deal with usb > pass-through? > > Dave > bump Any tips? Dave _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
