Thanks for that, that did in fact make the device "available" to VirtualBox. But VB is still unable to forward it, I guess I'll see what they think then. I appreciate the rapid reply :) -Hatta On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:33:32 -0500, "Jim Paris" <jim@xxxxxxxx> said: > Edward Siefker wrote: > > Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Is there some other way to get linux to > > not hand my USB device over to the HID driver so it will be available > > for VirtualBox? > > Use a program like this: > http://www.linuxha.com/USB/detach.html > > (I can't vouch for that particular program, as it's just the result of a > google search, but the libusb usb_detach_kernel_driver_np approach > should be the right thing to do.) > > -jim -- hatta00@xxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
