virtualbox wont show USB ports in the guest OS

[Joep L. Blom]

NoOp wrote:
> On 09/05/2009 02:51 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
> ...
>>> 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
>>
>>
> 
> That's the correct one:
> $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-3.0
> virtualbox-3.0:
>   Installed: 3.0.4-50677_Ubuntu_jaunty
>   Candidate: 3.0.4-50677_Ubuntu_jaunty
>   Version table:
>  *** 3.0.4-50677_Ubuntu_jaunty 0
>         500 http://download.virtualbox.org jaunty/non-free Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 
> Aparently you've already added the virtualbox repository to your sources:
> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> ...
> deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free
> ...
> 
> Regarding usbfs; it is no longer needed on jaunty. There are apprently
> still some issues on Suse:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3394
> But even in that report you'll see the reporter state:
> <quote>
> 2009-07-30 16:15:01 changed by stefan.becker  ¶
> 
> Problem still exists with Suse 11.1 / 64.
> 
> On my other host (Ubuntu 9.04 / 64) it works as expected without USBFS.
> </quote>
> 
> You can have a look through these to see if you can spot one more
> relevant to your problem:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/search?q=USBFS&noquickjump=1&ticket=on
> 
> 
Gary,
Thanks. Will do that. At the moment I'm somewhat limited in time due to 
social events.
Will attend to ot later.
Joep