[Bug 35004] USB devices are not shown in /procu/bus/usb/ causing VMWare to fail to see them

[Mark Shuttleworth]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35004

Comment:
Ben Collins wrote:
> IMO, VMWare's init script should ensure it is mounted. The reason it
> isn't is likely because it is a legacy interface. VMWare should actually
> be using sysfs.
>   
But 5.5.1 is not, and unless the version that is current when Dapper is
released has fixed this, we need to figure out how to address it. Please
could you ping your contacts at VMWare?