[Bug 75810] New: Cannot add USB devices to guest Windows OS using GNOME Boxes

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75810

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 75810
          Assignee: spice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: Cannot add USB devices to guest Windows OS using GNOME
                    Boxes
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: All
          Reporter: fturco at fastmail.fm
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: gtk-client
           Product: Spice

I have a problem with GNOME Boxes 3.10.2, but zeenix from #boxes told me it's
probably a bug with spice-gtk. My host operating system is Gentoo Linux while
my guest operating system is Windows 7. I'm trying to add USB devices (such as
a flash drive or a webcam) to the guest operating system via the appropriate
interface in GNOME Boxes (Properties > Devices). First of all I make sure the
"Redirect new USB devices" option is set to "on", then I set the USB device
that appears on the list to "on", too. The problem is that the guest operating
system doesn't recognize the device I added. Nothing happens. When I try with
my USB flash drive it correctly gets disconnected from the host operating
system when switching to "on" and it gets reconnected when switching to "off".
But apart from that nothing happens in the guest operating system.

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$ gnome-boxes 
Boxes-Message: machine.vala:149: display Microsoft Windows 7 disconnected

Nothing else is displayed.

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gnome-boxes, spice-gtk and qemu packages all have been emerged with the
"usbredir" USE flag enabled.

$ emerge -pv gnome-boxes spice-gtk qemu

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] net-misc/spice-gtk-0.21  USE="dbus gtk3 introspection
policykit pulseaudio usbredir -doc -gstreamer -python -sasl -smartcard
-static-libs -vala" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python2_6"
PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6" 0 kB
[ebuild   R    ] app-emulation/qemu-1.6.1  USE="aio alsa caps curl fdt filecaps
gtk jpeg ncurses opengl png pulseaudio sdl seccomp spice threads usb usbredir
uuid vhost-net -accessibility -bluetooth -debug -glusterfs -iscsi -mixemu
-python -rbd -sasl (-selinux) -smartcard -ssh -static -static-softmmu
-static-user -systemtap -tci {-test} -tls -vde -virtfs -vnc -xattr -xen -xfs"
PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="x86_64 -alpha -arm
-cris -i386 -lm32 -m68k -microblaze -microblazeel -mips -mips64 -mips64el
-mipsel -moxie -or32 -ppc -ppc64 -ppcemb -s390x -sh4 -sh4eb -sparc -sparc64
-unicore32 -xtensa -xtensaeb" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="-alpha -arm -armeb -cris -i386
-m68k -microblaze -microblazeel -mips -mips64 -mips64el -mipsel -mipsn32
-mipsn32el -or32 -ppc -ppc64 -ppc64abi32 -s390x -sh4 -sh4eb -sparc -sparc32plus
-sparc64 -unicore32 -x86_64" 0 kB
[ebuild   R    ] gnome-extra/gnome-boxes-3.10.2  USE="usbredir -smartcard" 0 kB

Total: 3 packages (3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB

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Please tell me if you need further informations.

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