However when I re-applied those changes I got an error running the script (see end of post).
Poking around a little more I found this advice which seemed cleaner, except it was a little flawed, when I tried adding the line as given to /etc/fstab, it didn't help and I noticed that if I actually tried to invoke the line, I got the following error:
# mount /proc/bus/usb [mntent]: line 10 in /etc/fstab is bad
The "usbfs" on the begining seemed wrong to me, so I dropped that, resulting in the following line:
/dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto 0 0
Then I restarted VMWare ("/etc/init.d/vmware restart") and my USB devices appeared!
Changes I made to /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh:
# diff -c mountdevsubfs.sh.orig mountdevsubfs.sh
*** mountdevsubfs.sh.orig 2008-12-13 08:19:38.000000000 -0600
--- mountdevsubfs.sh 2008-12-13 08:20:25.000000000 -0600
***************
*** 39,44 ****
--- 39,51 ----
# Mount /dev/pts. Master ptmx node is already created by udev.
#
domount devpts "" /dev/pts devpts -onoexec,nosuid,gid=$TTYGRP,mode=$TTYMODE
+ #
+ # Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work so USB devices appear in VMWare
+ #
+ mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
+ domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
+ ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
+ mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
}
case "$1" in
Error from I got from those changes:
# /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh start
Usage: mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
One can change the type of mount containing the directory dir:
mount --make-shared dir
mount --make-slave dir
mount --make-private dir
mount --make-unbindable dir
One can change the type of all the mounts in a mount subtree
containing the directory dir:
mount --make-rshared dir
mount --make-rslave dir
mount --make-rprivate dir
mount --make-runbindable dir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
For many more details, say man 8 mount .
ln: creating symbolic link `/dev/bus/usb/devices': File exists
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