Fix USB Will Not Connect VMware Workstation Linux

Last Modified: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 01:43:38 +0000 ; Created: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 01:43:38 +0000

Error was "The device is not allowed by the virtual machine configuration."

Fix: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/All-USB-devices-are-greyed-out/m-p/2878267/highlight/true#M38018

usb.restrictions.defaultAllow = "TRUE"

This even seems to allow other VMs to start working without editing their vmx files.

Other things tried:

usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE"
usb.generic.allowLastHID = "TRUE"

usb.ccid.disable = "TRUE"
usb.generic.allowCCID = "TRUE"

vi /etc/vmware/config
usb.quirks.device0 = "0x1050:0x0404 allow"