No USB support on OpenSolaris hosts

[richard.zatorski@…]

I'm using a Thinkpad T42 laptop. I've installed OpenSolaris 8.11 as the host and created a Windows XP guest. I've installed Activesync on the Windows guest and want to sync my phone through this interface. I don't see my USB device.

Host: OpenSolaris

[Sander van Leeuwen]

USB is not supported on Solaris hosts. A couple of OpenSolaris bugs/restrictions need to be fixed first. (see bugster)

[Roger Fujii]

This is no longer true - the bug in question (or at least, what I was told) is now released (snv_106 is now out):

​http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6717523

[James McPherson]

The USB support in vbox 2.2 BETA1 tries to capture USB devices, but only appears to work if it is attached as a mass storage device.

SunOS blinder 5.11 snv_110 i86pc i386 i86pc

Example - Nokia N95 phone. Has several modes of attachment, the useful one (for the MS Windows XP/Vista management app) is "PC Link" - this results in the USB proxy reporting that it has captured the device, but getting a failure popup in the gui.

Mar 19 22:02:17 blinder VBoxUSBHelper[15218]: [ID 387370 user.error] VBoxUSBHelper: /usr/sbin/update_drv -a -i pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@3/hub@1/storage@4 ugen Mar 19 22:02:17 blinder pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: ide (ata) instance 1 irq 0xf vector 0x47 ioapic 0x4 intin 0xf is bound to cpu 0 Mar 19 22:02:17 blinder usba: [ID 723738 kern.notice] /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@7/device@2 (usb_mid4): can't support ugen for multiple configurations devices that have attached child interface drivers Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder genunix: [ID 408114 kern.notice] /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@3/hub@1/storage@4/disk@0,0 (sd18) offline Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder last message repeated 1 time Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder genunix: [ID 408114 kern.notice] /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@3/hub@1/storage@4 (scsa2usb9) offline Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 912658 kern.notice] USB 2.0 device (usb421,4f0) operating at full speed (USB 1.x) on USB 2.0 external hub: communications@4, usb_mid6 at bus address 9 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder genunix: [ID 936769 kern.notice] usb_mid6 is /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@3/hub@1/communications@4 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder genunix: [ID 408114 kern.notice] /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@3/hub@1/communications@4 (usb_mid6) online Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: ide (ata) instance 1 irq 0xf vector 0x47 ioapic 0x4 intin 0xf is bound to cpu 1 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 0 (nodename: 'communications') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 723738 kern.notice] /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@7/device@2 (usb_mid4): can't support ugen for multiple configurations devices that have attached child interface drivers Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 1 (nodename: 'communications') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 2 (nodename: 'communications') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 3 (nodename: 'data') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 4 (nodename: 'communications') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 5 (nodename: 'data') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 6 (nodename: 'communications') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 7 (nodename: 'data') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 8 (nodename: 'communications') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 9 (nodename: 'data') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 11 (nodename: 'data') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 13 (nodename: 'data') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 14 (nodename: 'communications') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 15 (nodename: 'data') of Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 912658 kern.notice] USB 2.0 interface (usbif421,4f0.config1.a) operating at full speed (USB 1.x) on USB 2.0 external hub: modem@a, usbsacm4 at bus address 9 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder genunix: [ID 936769 kern.notice] usbsacm4 is /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@3/hub@1/communications@4/modem@a Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder genunix: [ID 408114 kern.notice] /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@3/hub@1/communications@4/modem@a (usbsacm4) online Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 912658 kern.notice] USB 2.0 interface (usbif421,4f0.config1.c) operating at full speed (USB 1.x) on USB 2.0 external hub: modem@c, usbsacm5 at bus address 9 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] Nokia N95 Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder genunix: [ID 936769 kern.notice] usbsacm5 is /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@3/hub@1/communications@4/modem@c Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder genunix: [ID 408114 kern.notice] /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@3/hub@1/communications@4/modem@c (usbsacm5) online Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 723738 kern.notice] /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@7/device@2 (usb_mid4): can't support ugen for multiple configurations devices that have attached child interface drivers Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder last message repeated 3 times

These two lines hint at the problem:

Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice] usba: no driver found for interface 0 (nodename: 'communications') of Nokia N95

Mar 19 22:02:18 blinder usba: [ID 723738 kern.notice] /pci@0,0/pci108e,6676@2,1/hub@7/device@2 (usb_mid4): can't support ugen for multiple configurations devices that have attached child interface drivers

Note that if I choose to attach the phone "data transfer" mode, it shows up just fine as an ordinary storage device. However, that's not what I want it to be.

[James McPherson]

/var/adm/messages output

[James McPherson]

snv_122 included support for "VirtualBox USB Device Capture" (​http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2009/422). When will VirtualBox be updated to match this?

[Ramshankar Venkataraman]

The new USB support is available in VirtualBox 3.1 (requires snv_124 or higher).