On 11/14/19 2:30 PM, Todd Chester via users wrote:
On 11/13/19 8:55 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 11/14/19 12:31 PM, Todd Chester via users wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 11/13/19 5:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>> On 11/14/19 8:51 AM, Todd Chester via users wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Fedora 31
>>>> qemu-kvm-4.1.0-5.fc31.x86_64
>>>>
>>>> If I have a virtual machine running and I insert a
>>>> flash drive into a USB socket, the virtual machine
>>>> steels the flash drive from the host, not that it
>>>> will actually work in the VM, which they don't.
>>>> To get them to work in my VM's I have to add them
>>>> as a piece of hardware to my configuration, then
>>>> they work.
>>>>
>>>> I have to exit all my VM's to be able to see my flash
>>>> drives again from the hosts system (FC31). This is
>>>> a pain in the neck.
>>>>
>>>> Any way around this?
>>>
>>> If you are using the Virtual Machine Manager?
>>
>> Yes
>>
>>>
>>> On the top Menu select "Virtual Machine--->Redirect USB Device"
and uncheck the flash drive in question
>>> to release it and return it to the host system.
>>
>> I did. It does not work.
>>
>> :'(
>>
>
> Well, it works fine for me here on multiple hosts.
>
> If you want to keep the guest from grabbing the USB device you could always remove
the USB Redirect from
> the HW in the guest.
>
Any of your VM's Windows 7 Pro or Windows 10 Pro?
No, but that shouldn't make a difference. It would be HW level. What HW is presented
to the guest.
I do have a Win10 iso if I have time I'll install to see if this does make a
difference.
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