Access USB Devices On Host

To make a USB device accessible to the host when using Quickemu (version 4.9.7-1), follow these steps:

1. Identify the USB Device: Run the following command to list your USB devices:

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   lsusb


   Note the Bus and Device numbers of your USB device.

2. Edit the VM Configuration: Open your Quickemu VM configuration file (usually located in ~/.quickemu/<vm-name>.conf):

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   nano ~/.quickemu/<vm-name>.conf


   Add the following line to specify the USB device (replace 1234:5678 with your device ID from lsusb):

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   quickemu_usb_devices=1234:5678


   Alternatively, you can add a more generic rule to pass through all USB devices:

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   quickemu_usb_devices=auto


3. Restart the VM: Restart your VM to apply changes:

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   quickemu --vm <vm-name>.conf


Now your USB device should be accessible to both the host and the guest OS.

Mr. Arch Brooks, Software Engineer, Brooks Computing Systems, LLC authored this article.