Yes, all USB devices attached to a system can either be connected to
either the Windows host or to the Vinux guest, but it will never work
with both at the same time. This has to be done through the menus. The
exceptions to this are USB keyboards and mouse. For convenience, all
such devices, no matter how many or type, all are connected and
disconnected using either the keyboard shortcuts or the mouse click or
movement equivalents. I do not think VMware recognizes any other type
of USB device as an input device and treat it as a keyboard or mouse, so
it can switch them with the keyboard. I think devices such as graphics
tablets and braille keyboards are out of luck and need to be switched
separately through the Removable Devices menus. If this is a big issue,
I can ask if it is possible for braille displays to ve connected /
disconnected along with the keyboards in the VMware forum or possibly
request this feature in the future.

I have found that adding the Shift key to the disconnect sequence almost
entirely eliminates the times that the Alt or Control keys get stuck.
This also allowed me to use the Alt + Control + F1 sequence in Vinux.
Even though Vinux also uses Alt + Control + Shift + Left or Right Arrow
to move a window to another desktop, I have not found any Vinux key
bindings that conflict with using Alt + Control + Shift as the VMware
release hotkey. To add the Shift key to this sequence, do the following:

1. Open Windows Explorer to the VMware settings directory. Press
Windows + r, for the run command and type:

%AppData%\VMware\

2. Now edit the "preferences.ini" file and add the following line to
the bottom of the file:

pref.hotkey.shift = "true"

In the Vinux Virtual Editions, There is a batch file to help you do
this. The instructions in the documentation explains how to do this.
This works for Workstation and Player.



*Don Marang*
Vinux Package Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/>


On 2/21/2012 2:04 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> I'll respond below.
>
> On 20/02/12 22:06, Peter Torpey wrote:
>> Okay, after some more experimentation on my Windows 7 64-bit machine
>> with JAWS 13 here is what I did:
>>
>> I first disconnected and re-connected the Pacmate display in the VMWare
>> settings for the Vinux machine.
> <Snip>
>
>> Thus it appears that the Braille display can either be connected to one
>> machine or the other – Windows or Vinux – and won’t work in both
>> machines for some reason.
> Yes, this is my understanding of how USB attached devices work. If I
> recall correctly, when I plug my USB stick into my system, I get a
> dialog in VMware Player asking if I want the device attached to my host
> system or my client system. I couldn't find a good source documenting
> this on the web, but in several forums I did see references to the fact
> that a USB device can either be connected to the host or the guest OS.
>
>> 1. When I get out of the virtual machine with control+Alt,
>> sometimes the keystrokes I hit in Windows make it look like a key is
>> stuck. For example, when I hit the “insert” key on the keypad to use
>> with JAWS, JAWS speaks and thinks that I hit the “control” key. I have
>> to restart JAWS to get the keys to respond properly.
> Yes, I remember this happening when using VMware Player in Windows. I
> think the trick is to bang on the control+shift key or some other
> sequence to free the keys up. Check out the readme for Virtual Vinux if
> you haven't already. It might be mentioned in there.
>
>> 2. Another odd thing is that even when in Windows (particularly
>> in the VMWare Player but not using the virtual machine), I will all of a
>> sudden hear the Vinux speech voice talking along with the JAWS voice.
> This is expected behavior. Your guest is still running in the virtual
> machine, so if something in your guest OS triggers any speech, like a
> notification, you'll hear that whether you're in your guest or your host OS.
>

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