Virtualization to work around hardware driver issues?

Question

My scanner Canoscan LIDE 100 only works under windows. My main o/s is ubuntu. Whenever I have to scan, I have to boot to windows.

On the ubuntu host I have a virtualbox - windows xp guest, which works great (faster than the usual windows :).

Is there a way I can get the scanner work under my virtual-windows? But the basic question is, can the virtualization be used to work around the hardware driver issues?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '10 at 04:56

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You'll need the PUEL edition of VirtualBox. After installing that Virtual Windows install should be be to access the scanner

answered Oct 30 '10 at 04:56

Sathyajith Bhat

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I see USB support is closed source. Thanks for the info. – Ananth Pattabiraman Oct 31 '10 at 03:13
@anant yes, USB support is closed source. – Sathyajith Bhat Oct 31 '10 at 03:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '10 at 05:01

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3teSzoXpNA

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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9462309#post9462309

answered Oct 30 '10 at 05:01

ta.speot.is

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First link shows no driver installation, only how to configure VM to use the host's USB. Second link says use XSane. Not only is it a page slap, it isn't the answer to the title question: how to use virtualization to get around driver support of a host. – undrline - Reinstate Monica Apr 13 '21 at 14:12

Virtualization to work around hardware driver issues?

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