virtualbox wont show USB ports in the guest OS

[Joep L. Blom]

NoOp wrote:
> On 09/04/2009 12:07 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
> ...
>>> Reinstalling may indeed be the best option. Let us know how it goes & if
>>> you need help off-list drop me a note.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Gary, and everybody else who invested time and thoughts to my problem 
>> with USB ports, as an update I can tell that the problem is - 
>> practically solved.
>> The solution: removing virtualbox completely and reinstalling it from 
>> the repository as I had it originally installed directly from the SUN site.
>> I now see my special device and the W XP program runs and is collecting 
>> data.
>> The only small problem I have is that an USB-stick can not be tagged but 
>> a small window pops up and tells me that there is something amiss with 
>> usbfs and I can correct this. I assume some permissions are still not 
>> correct.
>> So Derek, with respect to your webcam maybe something in usbfs need to 
>> be corrected. I remember vaguely that several rules can be adapted to 
>> solve permission problems.
>> Joep
>>
>>
> 
> I hope that you mean the virtualbox repositories (shown here):
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
> as the version in the Ubuntu repository:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/virtualbox-ose
> is the OSE and does not include USB support. Only the PEUL version from
> the virtualbox site and/or virtualbox repositories provide USB support.
> 
> 
> 
> 
Well, Gary,
Of course I know that and I don't know which repository it comes from 
but it is virtualbox-3.0  version 3.04-50677_jaunty_ubuntu which I found 
in synaptic and it is the SUN version (as my results show.
Mybe you can tell me how to find the repository as it is apparently in 
my software sources.
Anyway it works. Only some small problem with usbfs remains.
Joep