The non-evil fix is to get vmware to fix their broken software. Note that the "fix" will be removed as soon as edgy+1 opens, as usual
-- USB devices are not shown in /procu/bus/usb/ causing VMWare to fail to see them https://launchpad.net/bugs/35004 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs