Re: V-USB device connected through VMWare Workstation

vouvoume, thanks for your quick reply. Unfortunately I was busy with other stuff and didn't have the time to reply.
The problem is really more annoying as I can't use the device at all when the Ubuntu VM is running. I must suspend it or else the HIDBootFlash utility can not identify the bootloadHID device.
From what I can tell after looking in the VMWare logs the device does not even connect to the VM. It seems to fail midway while being handled by the VM manager.
Here are some lines from the log file:

2013-05-22T14:42:41.632+03:00| vmx| I120: VUsbUpdateVigorFieldsAndAutoconnect: New set of 4 USB devices
2013-05-22T14:42:41.632+03:00| vmx| I120: USB: Found device [name:VOTI\ HIDBoot vid:16c0 pid:05df path:1/0/0/4 speed:low family:vendor,hid instanceId:USB\\VID_0E0F&PID_0001\\6&13F4C3E&0&5 arbRuntimeKey:b version:2]
// some other devices were listed here
2013-05-22T14:42:50.889+03:00| vmx| I120: USBGW: Write arbitrator op:13 len:18 // repeated 4 times
2013-05-22T14:42:53.889+03:00| vmx| I120: USB: Connecting pattern [path:1/0/0/4 version:2] controller []
2013-05-22T14:42:53.889+03:00| vmx| I120: USB: Connecting device 0x2000000b16c005df
2013-05-22T14:42:53.889+03:00| vmx| I120: USBGW: Write arbitrator op:8 len:8
2013-05-22T14:42:53.889+03:00| vmx| I120: MsgHint: msg.usb.generic.stopDevice
// After I instruct vmware to connect the device to the VM
2013-05-22T14:42:53.889+03:00| vmx| I120+ A USB device is about to be unplugged from the host and connected to this virtual machine. It will first be stopped to enable safe removal. With some devices, the host may display the message "The device can now safely be removed."
2013-05-22T14:42:53.889+03:00| vmx| I120+ ---------------------------------------
2013-05-22T14:42:53.920+03:00| vmx| I120: USBGW: Write arbitrator op:6 len:22
2013-05-22T14:42:53.921+03:00| vmx| I120: USBGW: Write arbitrator op:13 len:18 // 13 times
2013-05-22T14:44:53.939+03:00| vmx| W110: USBGA: Failed to connect device 2000000b16c005df, error (4)
2013-05-22T14:44:53.939+03:00| vmx| I120: Msg_Post: Warning
2013-05-22T14:44:53.939+03:00| vmx| I120: [msg.usb.connectFailedErr] The connection for the USB device "VOTI HIDBoot" was unsuccessful. Driver error.
2013-05-22T14:44:53.939+03:00| vmx| I120: ----------------------------------------
2013-05-22T14:44:53.980+03:00| vmx| I120: USB: Disconnecting device 0x2000000b16c005df
2013-05-22T14:44:53.980+03:00| vmx| I120: USBGW: Disconnecting device: 3BE9DD8 id: 2000000b16c005df


No ideea how I should debug it. I'd be really satisfied if only VMW Workstation could leave the device alone so I can use it in the Windows host.