Mavericks DP6 breaks USB

Palladion said:
I started my VM today and got an announcement from Parallels for the new Version 9. In this announcement I could preorder V9 with 6 month of the new Parallel Access (btw this one is awesome).
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Thanks, installed and now installing Parallels Tools in my VMs.. I can already see my USB devices coming online.. Smartcard Reader, Polycom for LiveMeetings and my USB Backup drives for my VM data backup (very important since I could not get to it..).

Much appreciated.
 
I restarted my mac, launched Parallels and then started my VM's and I see no such upgrade offer. I thought version 9 was to be released next Thursday?

So...are they telling us that you must buy version 9 to get USB devices to work in Mavericks? I guess so...
 
drgaryk said:
I restarted my mac, launched Parallels and then started my VM's and I see no such upgrade offer. I thought version 9 was to be released next Thursday?

So...are they telling us that you must buy version 9 to get USB devices to work in Mavericks? I guess so...
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Just google search it.. I'm not sure they are telling you to upgrade. In fact we've seen nothing from Parallels at all. But it does work, at a cost..
 
I purchased PD8 in July. No upgrade for me. :( I submitted an upgrade request anyway, lets hope Parallels is nice, and gives me the upgrade. I think that august 15 is too short of an upgrade time. It mentions something about purchasing an upgrade guarantee, but I don't remember seeing that anywhere when I purchased.
 
Is there anyway I can get a hold of version 9 before next week? (take my money pls)... I hate booting into bootcamp for another week.. cry...

*** edit *** Found the offer just now.. upgrading...
 
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Same here - but it seems a parallels issue … I can no longer mount up my external Mavericks USB drive to a VM under Parallels 9
 
Folks....please approach with extreme caution.

I purchased and downloaded V9...and it completely hammered my Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 VM's. Windows 7 VM's appears to be OK. Unreal....spend $50 and get bigger problems than USB...very unhappy. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling V9 tools, etc. No good on Windows 8.
 
Upgraded to Parallels 9

Arduino Mega 2660 works on USB

FTDI Serial port comes, goes, comes, goes. This needs work

So, while there is progress, it's not completely fixed.

Windows 7 64Bit + Parallels 9
 
It works, but sometimes it is a bit odd - if i assign a new usb device to my VM directly via the pop up dialogue, it is registered as USB-device under the menu "Devices - USB", but I sometimes can't see it in the explorer - however if I deselect it under "Devices - USB" it then shows up in the Explorer. Strange behavior but consistent and I get my USB-devices to connect. Just give it a try. I tested it with a USB Stick and HD.
 
drgaryk said:
I don't even have a "Devices - USB" selection under the Devices menu...mine says "External Devices"...
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I have the german version - so I translated it (wrongly it seems). So "External devices" should be, where you can attach and detach USB devices.
 
drgaryk said:
Folks....please approach with extreme caution.

I purchased and downloaded V9...and it completely hammered my Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 VM's. Windows 7 VM's appears to be OK. Unreal....spend $50 and get bigger problems than USB...very unhappy. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling V9 tools, etc. No good on Windows 8.
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What do you mean with hammered?

I have Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Standard and Mac OS X Mountain Lion running in VMs and it seems mostly stable (still some odd behavior - see above - with USB, but nothing serious).
 
I mean the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 VM's have the constant Windows "chime" sound of USB devices connecting and disconnecting. This also makes the VM's response time about 90% slower than normal.

I see the USB device icon in the notification area appearing and disappearing constantly with no USB devices attached to the VM at all. I do not see this in my Windows 7 x86 VM...
 
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drgaryk said:
I mean the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 VM's have the constant Windows "chime" sound of USB devices connecting and disconnecting. This also makes the VM's response time about 90% slower than normal.

I see the USB device icon in the notification area appearing and disappearing constantly with no USB devices attached to the VM at all. I do not see this in my Windows 7 x86 VM...
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Hm strange - I don't have this behavior with my Windows 8 VM. Once I have a USB device connected it stays there and CPU usage is around 3%.

Have you restarted and reinstalled the Parallel Tools?
 
Yes...i have uninstalled tools...rebooted the VM...then re-installed tools with the same result. I am seeing this exact same behavior on 2 mac's that I upgraded to V9...a MacBook Pro and a Mac Pro.

If I remove the USB controller completely from the VM's config...the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 VM's start and run normally on both mac's....but there is no possibility of USB device attachment, of course.
 
drgaryk said:
Yes...i have uninstalled tools...rebooted the VM...then re-installed tools with the same result. I am seeing this exact same behavior on 2 mac's that I upgraded to V9...a MacBook Pro and a Mac Pro.

If I remove the USB controller completely from the VM's config...the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 VM's start and run normally on both mac's....but there is no possibility of USB device attachment, of course.
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does it make a difference if you assign the usb device directly to the machine when you insert it compared to assigning it first to the mac and then assigning it to the VM via "External devices" menu?
 
I really can't tell...if I boot the Windows 8 or 8.1 VM with the USB Controller present...the machine immediately begins the non-stop USB "chiming" even before the Start Menu/Desktop becomes visible...and then the entire VM machine grinds to a halt. There really is no opportunity to connect a USB device.

I may attempt to build a new Windows 8.1 VM from scratch and see if this occurs.
 
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