Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Trying to connect USRP200 to Ubuntu18.04.1 in VM

[Marcus D. Leech]

On 08/10/2018 09:50 AM, Linda20071 wrote:
> I connected USRP200 to my host computer via USB3.0. I set up the VM 
> adaptor's IP address and subnet mask as 192.168.10.1 & 255.255.255.0 
> via Windows 10.
>
> However, when I run "uhd_find_devices", I got: linux; GNU C++ version 
> 7.3.0; Boost_106501; UHD_003.010.003.000-0-unknown No UHD Devices Found
>
> Under command "uhd_usrp_probe", I got: linux; GNU C++ version 7.3.0; 
> Boost_106501; UHD_003.010.003.000-0-unknown Error: LookupError: 
> KeyError: No devices found for -----> Empty Device Address
>
> Under "lsusb" command, I got: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 
> VirtualBox USB Tablet Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux 
> Foundation 1.1 root hub.
>
>
> Could the UHD driver be automatically installed if gnuradio is 
> installed via apt? I couldn't see the uhd/images directory under 
> /usr/local/share.
>
> Any advice on how to solve this problem?
Normally, when things are installed via apt, they'll be in  /usr, rather 
than in /usr/local

It doesn't look like your system can even see the USRP.

Getting decent USB performance through a VM is very difficult, so we 
don't generally recommend using USB-type USRPs through a VM.