Troubles connecting to Arduino Uno through Virtual Machine

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hey all,

So after pulling my hair out trying to use Windows 8, I'm trying to connect my Uno to a Virtual Machine running Mint in order to work on a project. The problem I'm having is that the VM seems to be having difficulties connecting to the Arduino for upload. Trying to upload blink, it compiles just fine, then returns this error when trying to upload:
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer not responding

Trying some of the fixes Google provided (verbose output, etc.) didn't help at all.

Any ideas for what could be going wrong? Or is this idea not practical?

My current setup is:
VMWare Workstation 9.0.2
Host OS: Windows 8.1
Virtual OS: Linux Mint 16
Arduino Uno

Thanks for any help!

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never did VM-Arduino but I think it is the timing of the serial port.
Check if you can map it directly (VM's can do this for some devices IIRC)

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I have the same issue, and read of a similar issue in the archived forums
My environment:
Windows 7
vmWorkstation 10
Debian 7.2 Wheezy
Desktop:KDE

After upload, the Uno appears to disconnect - subsequent uploads fail

Work around is to logically disconnect/reconnect usb via vmware workstation interface. Irritating