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gmw · 03-29-2023, 08:06 PM

I've been experiencing something like this with the Libra 2 we have here (actually my wife's reader). I've been putting it down to VMware Workstation issues...

I do most of my actual work from a VM, including running Calibre. When you first plug in a USB device VMware will prompt whether you want it connected to the VM or the host (and you can choose to remember the selection). But the peculiarity with the Libra 2 is that this VMware prompt will happen - very briefly - when I first plug it in, BEFORE I've had a chance to tap on the Connect button on the reader, but then the prompt disappears again. By the time I tap "connect" the VMware prompt has gone and after tapping Connect nothing seems to happen, and the reader doesn't seem to properly connect to the host or the VM.

Yesterday I restarted the VMware USB Arbitration service and that seemed to help. But I'd rather not have to do that every time. I might give that AutoUsbGadget setting a try, although I'd really rather it didn't connect (and so need ejecting) when we just plug it in for charging.

The problem does not happen with my older H2Ov2.

03-29-2023, 08:06 PM	#5
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	I've been experiencing something like this with the Libra 2 we have here (actually my wife's reader). I've been putting it down to VMware Workstation issues... I do most of my actual work from a VM, including running Calibre. When you first plug in a USB device VMware will prompt whether you want it connected to the VM or the host (and you can choose to remember the selection). But the peculiarity with the Libra 2 is that this VMware prompt will happen - very briefly - when I first plug it in, BEFORE I've had a chance to tap on the Connect button on the reader, but then the prompt disappears again. By the time I tap "connect" the VMware prompt has gone and after tapping Connect nothing seems to happen, and the reader doesn't seem to properly connect to the host or the VM. Yesterday I restarted the VMware USB Arbitration service and that seemed to help. But I'd rather not have to do that every time. I might give that AutoUsbGadget setting a try, although I'd really rather it didn't connect (and so need ejecting) when we just plug it in for charging. The problem does not happen with my older H2Ov2.