Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 8, 2011, at 5:16 PM, Rance Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:58 PM, James Collins <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 8, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Rance Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:02 PM, James Collins <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> Trying to use an external speech synthesizer with virtualbox. >>>> One thing I noticed. When my serial2usb adaptor is connected. And I look in >>>> /dev on my computer this is listed: >>>> >>>> cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF >>>> >>>> But when I try to open my vm, I get an error: >>>> >>>> loctl failed for serial host device '/dev/cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF' >>>> (VERR_DEV_IO_ERROR). The device will not work properly. >>>> >>> >>> I assume that the device node was created automagically by udev or >>> some other type service running on your mac. >>> >>> udev makes device nodes like this with specific permissions, and >>> sometimes they are restrictive because the device node is setup in >>> such a way that a normal user can not use the device. >>> >>> Check the perms on the device and see if the user account you run vbox >>> as can actually read and write to the device node. If the vbox user >>> can not use the device node issue a chmod command till the vbox user >>> can use the device. >>> >>> You may also have to chown the device to a new owner:group combination. >>> >>> Once you find a owner:group perm set that works with vbox then you >>> need to configure udev to always make the file node the "right" way. >> >> Thanks for the reply >> >> I have permission to write to >> >> /dev/cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF >> >> I think? I used the cat and echo command to redirect output to >> /dev/cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF >> >> Successfully? Or do you mean read and write permissions for virtualbox? >> >> > > And this is the rub. I don't specifically mean your user account. I > mean the user account that vbox runs as. The vbox application has to > have read/write access to the device. I have virtualbox in my applications folder. When I click get info for virtualbox I get the following under sharing and permissions It says I have custom access System read & write admin read only everyone read only I can't change the read only from get info? Atleast I don't know how, would you know the terminal command. Would it be Virtualbox chmod 666 > > Rance > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop > What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses > from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops > provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable > virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
