Message: 9
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 01:46:54 -0000
From: John Canada <1850570@bugs.launchpad.net>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: [Bug 1850570] [NEW] Cannot use usb-host on Mac OS
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Public bug reported:

Usb-host will not work on Mac OS 10.15.  Qemu runs, though it gives
these errors and the drive does not show up.  Also, when Qemu is
starting the drive ejects and remounts twice. Qemu built with
./configure --target-list=i386-softmmu,x86_64-softmmu --enable-sdl
--disable-cocoa --enable-sdl-image.

qemu-system-i386 image.qcow -usb -device usb-kbd  -device usb-host,vendorid=0x0781,productid=0x5571
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] USBInterfaceOpen: another process has device opened for exclusive access
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] USBInterfaceOpen: another process has device opened for exclusive access
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Cannot use usb-host on Mac OS

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  Usb-host will not work on Mac OS 10.15.  Qemu runs, though it gives
  these errors and the drive does not show up.  Also, when Qemu is
  starting the drive ejects and remounts twice. Qemu built with
  ./configure --target-list=i386-softmmu,x86_64-softmmu --enable-sdl
  --disable-cocoa --enable-sdl-image.

  qemu-system-i386 image.qcow -usb -device usb-kbd  -device usb-host,vendorid=0x0781,productid=0x5571
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] USBInterfaceOpen: another process has device opened for exclusive access
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] USBInterfaceOpen: another process has device opened for exclusive access
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found
  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] interface not found

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Have you tried running QEMU under root yet? I had a similar issue with accessing the optical drive on my computer until I ran QEMU like this:

sudo qemu-system-i386 ...