[Bug 507824] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.31-18 in Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala doesn't support usbfs.

[Michael Wettach]

I am affected too - I have the same problem with Virtualbox 3.2 in
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, need USB to use my Visioneer scanner and Paperport
software and was somewhat disappointed when reading this discussion. I
had added my user to the Virtualbox group and tried to get usbfs running
to no avail. However, things are not as bad as they seem here...

I did not want to leave apt-get so easily behind and return to the dire
depths of RPM. I found the following discussion in the SUSE forums:

http://forums.opensuse.org/english/information-new-users/unreviewed-how-
faq/412602-virtual-box-usb-tips-3.html

I would like to point out the following quote:

"Now things have become much better, from VirtualBox 3.08 it will use
the hal udev method by default, no matter if usbfs is mounted under
/proc/bus/usb/, and that's good news."

The post goes on to say the following:

Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/10-vboxdrv.rules to look like this:

KERNEL=="vboxdrv", NAME="vboxdrv", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GROUP="vboxusers", MODE="0664"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", GROUP="vboxusers", MODE:="0664"

Notice the ":" in 'MODE:="664"'!
To make the change resistent to VirtualBox upgrades make a copy /etc/udev/rules.d/11-vboxdrv.rules, that's it.

For me, this little edit did the trick. I have successfully scanned a
page with Paperport from within Windows XP inside a Virtualbox  machine.
And I did not have to switch from Ubuntu Lucid Lynx to a different
flavour of Linux.

I would also like to point out a similar post in the Virtualbox forums:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19381&p=123942#

Good luck to people out there looking for this solution, it works not
just in SUSE but also in my Ubuntu.

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Linux kernel 2.6.31-18 in Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala doesn't support usbfs.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507824
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