SuSE Linux: Versions since 7.3
Kernel: Versions since 2.4.10
VMware Workstation: Version 3.0
audio
,
lp
, and uucp
. This will grant them the necessary permissions
for the sound devices, and parallel and serial
ports.
In addition, the users shall be added to the group disk
in order to have
access under VMware to an operating system or partition
installed on the hard disk.
This can be done by starting the module "Edit and create users" from the menu "Security/Users" in the YaST2 Control Center. Select "user" in the mask, click on "Edit" and then on "Details..." and finally add the users to the corresponding groups in the next mask.
Please use the module usb-uhci
instead of uhci
if you want to address
USB devices. In case the following message is displayed when VMware starts:
VMware Workstation has detected the alternate UHCI host controller driver ("uhci") for USB. Using USB devices within a virtual machine is unsupported with this driver loaded. Please use the "usb-uhci" UHCI driver instead.please proceed as described in the article "Problems with USB in SuSE Linux 7.3" ( http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/uhci_73.html).
In order to use the parallel port in bidirectional mode, the device entry in the
configuration editor must be /dev/parport0
instead of /dev/lp0
. Please
change the group for the device /dev/parport0, thus enabling users to access this device. This can
be done by entering:
chown root:lp /dev/parport0In case the following message is displayed when VMware starts:
Unsupported parallel port hardware (no PS/2 or ECP Mode) for /dev/parport0please change the parallel port mode from unidirectional (SPP) to bidirectional (ECP, EPP or ECP+EPP) on your computer's BIOS. Please also check if the parallel port cable for the bidirectional mode is laid out.