Quoting "Thomas Sailer" <sailer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Also, I have a strange card reader which I would love to use under some > form of virtualisation, as the accompanying application only runs under > very old versions of windows. > > The card reader has the misfeature that it requires firmware to be > loaded by the PC. To get the firmware, it connects, waits about 4 > seconds, and if it doesn't get anything it disconnects and reconnects > again. Now qemu/kvm is currently much too slow for this, until the host > notices the USB device and hands it over to the guest, about 5-10sec > pass. > > Tom I'd suggest you purchase a new card reader. You do realize you can pick them up for around $10? If I had a card reader with that much drama just to get it to operate, it'd be out the door in no time! Cheers Chris Jones ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel