[Bug 331331] Re: Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices

2009-09-11 Thread Dustin Kirkland
Discussed this with upstream and this isn't something that we can or really solve as a downstream. Sorry. :-Dustin ** Changed in: kvm (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- Non-root guest doesn't have permission to

[Bug 331331] Re: Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices

2009-09-11 Thread Anthony Liguori
It's unsafe to access hardware directly as a unprivileged user in general. An administrator has to decide on a case-by-case basis to allow this. ** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Won't Fix -- Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 331331] Re: Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices

2009-09-11 Thread Dustin Kirkland
** Also affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331331 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 331331] Re: Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices

2009-05-04 Thread Dustin Kirkland
** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331331 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 331331] Re: Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices

2009-05-04 Thread Dustin Kirkland
I'm going to mark this confirmed, since you've discussed this with mdz and pitti. I don't know how to recommend to proceed either, for now. :-Dustin ** Changed in: kvm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices https://bugs.l

[Bug 331331] Re: Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices

2009-03-25 Thread Andy Ross
Note that other user-level applications require write access to the raw USB devices. One example is "fxload", which is a firmware loader for Cypress FX2 EZ-USB interface chips. These are very common on FPGA development boards. I worked around this as above, by assigning the plugdev group to the

[Bug 331331] Re: Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices

2009-03-06 Thread Dustin Kirkland
** Changed in: kvm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- Non-root guest doesn't have permission to access sys-fs USB devices https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331331 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug