Hi,
I am trying to get Whonix working for me, and for this I tried to enable USB Passthrough as described in the wiki-docs of Whonix for KVM. My host system is Ubuntu 18.04.3. Now when I follow instructions I use the USB redirection feature.
But my external hdd Western Digital My Passport is not showing (in file manager).
I copied part of my /var/log/syslog:
Jan 20 14:47:27 host kernel: [ 68.362096] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
Jan 20 14:47:27 host kernel: [ 68.505903] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error 18
Jan 20 14:47:27 host kernel: [ 68.742073] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error 18
Jan 20 14:47:27 host kernel: [ 68.986008] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
Jan 20 14:47:27 host kernel: [ 69.125968] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error 18
Jan 20 14:47:28 host kernel: [ 69.362015] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error 18
Jan 20 14:47:28 host kernel: [ 69.474135] usb usb1-port1: attempt power cycle
Jan 20 14:47:28 host kernel: [ 69.922032] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
Jan 20 14:47:28 host kernel: [ 69.955362] usb 1-1: Invalid ep0 maxpacket: 9
Jan 20 14:47:28 host kernel: [ 70.093917] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
Jan 20 14:47:28 host kernel: [ 70.190298] usb 1-1: Invalid ep0 maxpacket: 9
Jan 20 14:47:28 host kernel: [ 70.197220] usb usb1-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
Jan 20 14:47:29 host kernel: [ 70.465930] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
Jan 20 14:47:29 host kernel: [ 70.621999] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error 18
Jan 20 14:47:29 host kernel: [ 70.866001] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error 18
Jan 20 14:47:29 host kernel: [ 71.103318] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
Jan 20 14:47:29 host kernel: [ 71.238019] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error 18
Jan 20 14:47:30 host kernel: [ 71.481998] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error 18
Jan 20 14:47:30 host kernel: [ 71.590127] usb usb2-port1: attempt power cycle
Jan 20 14:47:30 host kernel: [ 72.033988] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd
Jan 20 14:47:30 host kernel: [ 72.060413] usb 2-1: Invalid ep0 maxpacket: 9
Jan 20 14:47:30 host kernel: [ 72.190002] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 5 using uhci_hcd
Jan 20 14:47:30 host kernel: [ 72.216924] usb 2-1: Invalid ep0 maxpacket: 9
Jan 20 14:47:30 host kernel: [ 72.218959] usb usb2-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
Lots of errors there, but what to do with it?
I followed a second route to passthrough my usb-disk (someone who was trying to connect a webcam): I removed the redirectors, and chose in the Details window: ‘add hardware’ -> USB Host Device -> my WD hdd. Although my disk does not show again, I did find a reference to it in file manager: /dev/bus/usb. So I used udevadm info /dev/bus/usb/001/006 and got this result:
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.7/usb1/1-1
N: bus/usb/001/006
L: 0
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.7/usb1/1-1
E: DEVNAME=/dev/bus/usb/001/006
E: DEVTYPE=usb_device
E: DRIVER=usb
E: PRODUCT=1058/7a8/1049
E: TYPE=0/0/0
E: BUSNUM=001
E: DEVNUM=006
E: MAJOR=189
E: MINOR=5
E: SUBSYSTEM=usb
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=424814926
E: ID_VENDOR=Western_Digital
E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=Western\x20Digital
E: ID_VENDOR_ID=1058
E: ID_MODEL=My_Passport_07A8
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=My\x20Passport\x2007A8
E: ID_MODEL_ID=07a8
E: ID_REVISION=1049
E: ID_SERIAL=Western_Digital_My_Passport_07A8_575843314543324B4B363438
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=575843314543324B4B363438
E: ID_BUS=usb
E: ID_USB_INTERFACES=:080650:
E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=My Passport (WDBBEP), My Passport for Mac (WDBLUZ)
and I got this in /var/log/syslog:
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.594108] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.919564] usb 1-1: config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0 bulk endpoint 0x83 has invalid maxpacket 1024
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.927217] usb 1-1: config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0 bulk endpoint 0xA has invalid maxpacket 1024
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.933105] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1058, idProduct=07a8, bcdDevice=10.49
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.936589] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.939484] usb 1-1: Product: My Passport 07A8
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.941275] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Western Digital
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.943272] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 575843314543324B4B363438
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.964492] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.968100] scsi host2: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.971778] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Jan 20 14:53:23 host kernel: [ 424.976459] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 425.990356] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD My Passport 07A8 1049 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 425.997043] scsi 2:0:0:1: Enclosure WD SES Device 1049 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.038728] scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.044584] scsi 2:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 13
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.054518] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 1953458176 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB)
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.064979] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.066922] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 53 00 10 08
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.072482] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.074765] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.084115] scsi 2:0:0:1: Wrong diagnostic page; asked for 1 got 8
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.087071] scsi 2:0:0:1: Failed to get diagnostic page 0x1
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.089580] scsi 2:0:0:1: Failed to bind enclosure -19
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.096357] ses 2:0:0:1: Attached Enclosure device
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.167922] sda: sda1
Jan 20 14:53:24 host kernel: [ 426.189861] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
So, thusfar no luck with USB. If anyone can direct me how to proceed to get this USB passthrough working, would be obliged.