Disclaimer: This could be COMPLETELY UNRELATED, but... I solved this same persistant problem on my system (Feisty 2.6.20-16) by using the instructions at this link:
http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=575305#575305 Specifically: <quote> Found this information from another post in the Ubuntu Linux forums, maybe it is relevant in other linux ditros... USB Devices Are Not Available on Some Linux hosts, the VM > Removable Devices > USB Devices Menu Is Empty In short, the problem was Ubuntu not mounting USBFS to /proc/bus/usb. Solution: sudo mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb and add the following line in the /etc/fstab file: usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto 0 0 </quote> -- usb change between 2.6.15-23 and 2.6.15-26 breaks working setup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/54419 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
