Setup VMWare USB Access in Ubuntu Gutsy
1. Make sure the virtual machine configured with from vmware console usb controller
Sutdown the virtual machine before config
2. add below line into related <VM Name>.vmx
usb.generic.skipSetConfig = "TRUE"
3. Edit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh uncomment below lines near line 42
mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfsdomount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devicesmount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
4. Restart mountdevsubfs.sh
sudo /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh start
5. Restart vmware service
sudo /etc/init.d/vmware* restart
6. Start Virtual machine