Unable to connect USB to WSL

[jramiresbrito]

Following the post https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/connecting-usb-devices-to-wsl/

I've installed usbipd-win_1.2.0.
Successfully listed the devices with PowerShell

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> usbipd wsl list
BUSID  DEVICE                                                        STATE
1-5    ADB Device, SM-J500M, USB Serial Device                       Not attached
1-8    Microsoft Hardware USB Keyboard, USB Input Device             Not attached
1-9    Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)                                Not attached
1-10   USB Input Device, WinUsb Device                               Not attached
1-12   USB Input Device                                              Not attached
1-13   USB Input Device

Unfortunatelly, when I try to attach:

usbipd wsl attach -b 1-5

WARNING: usbip not found for kernel 5.10.74.3-microsoft

  You may need to install the following packages for this specific kernel:
    linux-tools-5.10.74.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2
    linux-cloud-tools-5.10.74.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2

  You may also want to install one of the following packages to keep up to date:
    linux-tools-standard-WSL2
    linux-cloud-tools-standard-WSL2
usbipd: error: Failed to attach device with ID '1-5'.

Back to WSL2, I've tried to install the packages, but they are not listed:

sudo apt install linux-tools-5.10.74.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-tools-5.10.74.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-tools-5.10.74.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2'

How to proceed?

Environment

Windows: 21H2 (OS Build: 22000.318)
WSL: WSL Preview (the one from store), Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

[dorssel]

Have a look at https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win/wiki/WSL-support.

Depending on your distribution, you will either have to install usbip through the package mentioned there, or you will have to recompile the WSL kernel.

Also have a look at what others did to get their specific distribution to work:
#67
#99

[dorssel]

Closing. Already documented on how to resolve.

[plutonium-239]

i still get the same message and nothing seems to fix it
its not a matter of distribution because i have ubuntu 20.04 as used everywhere in the tutorial.
but sudo apt install linux-tools-virtual hwdata installs linux-tools-5.4.0-109 linux-tools-5.4.0-109-generic
what should i do?

[dorssel]

@plutonium-239
Following https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win/wiki/WSL-support#usbip-client-tools, you installed linux-tools-virtual. But because the version does not exactly match the WSL kernel, the second line is needed to tell Ubuntu that you want this version of usbip anyway, even if the version does not match exactly:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/usbip usbip /usr/lib/linux-tools/*/usbip 20

After that, usbip should work. If it doesn't, can you give the output of ls /usr/lib/linux-tools/?

[plutonium-239]

It just shows one directory: 5.4.0-109-generic

[dorssel]

Does the update-alternatives give any errors? What is the output of a plain usbip command on WSL?

[plutonium-239]

The update-alternatives runs without any errors.
usbip shows the help page of usbip, i.e.

usage: usbip [--debug] [--log] [--tcp-port PORT] [version]
             [help] <command> <args>

  attach     Attach a remote USB device
  detach     Detach a remote USB device
  list       List exportable or local USB devices
  bind       Bind device to usbip-host.ko
  unbind     Unbind device from usbip-host.ko
  port       Show imported USB devices

However, usbipd still doesn't work

[dorssel]

@plutonium-239
How many WSL instances do you have? What is the output of (Windows side) wsl --list? Are you sure you are using usbipd wsl attach on the same instance where you set up usbip? Are you perhaps using docker?

[plutonium-239]

I only have one wsl instance, wsl --list confirms that (just Ubuntu 20.04)
No, I'm not using docker or anything like that, its a plain and fresh wsl install.
I would be able to do usbipd wsl attach only when usbipd is recognized

[dorssel]

@plutonium-239
Ok, let's start from the beginning... Your very first sentence in this conversation:

i still get the same message and nothing seems to fix it

What exactly is that 'same message'? The OP (from 5 month ago) started with a message from usbipd wsl attach. And now you tell me that you cannot even run 'usbipd'. So, that confuses me...

[plutonium-239]

The "same" message is caused by usbipd not being found, even in OP's case (so obviously usbipd wsl attach wont work) :

 WARNING: usbipd not found for kernel 5.10.102.1-microsoft

  You may need to install the following packages for this specific kernel:
    linux-tools-5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
    linux-cloud-tools-5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

  You may also want to install one of the following packages to keep up to date:
    linux-tools-standard-WSL2
    linux-cloud-tools-standard-WSL2

However, one difference is that OP's error pertains to usbip not being found too, which is not the case for me.

(just to clarify the packages listed don't exist, so cant install)

[dorssel]

@plutonium-239
Ah, that's very simple (and not the same as the OP). You're supposed to run usbipd on the Windows side!

[plutonium-239]

Oh
well...
Thanks!

[staffnetDev]

it work
wsl 2
post https://askubuntu.com/questions/1406205/install-usb-ip-on-ubuntu-22-04-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux
sudo apt install linux-tools-virtual hwdata
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/usbip usbip $(command -v ls /usr/lib/linux-tools/*/usbip | tail -n1) 20