Host hijacks USB printer from VirtualBox machine
- by jackhab
I have Ubuntu 9.1 running Windows XP in VirtualBox. Windows XP is a print server (there is no Linux driver for our printer). The printer is connected via USB and its USB filter is added to virtual machine settings.
The problem is that every several hours Ubuntu tries to access the printer (trying to install it) and disconnects it from the virtual machine. The printer remains disconnected until I connect it again manually.
I thought it is a problem with Windows power management but disabling sleep/standby in Windows didn't help.
Please, advise.