[Bug 458031] Re: USB devices unavailable in VirtualBox (Windows XP guest)

[Samuel Wehrli]

thanks a lot and sorry for wrongly reporting this non-bug.

2009/10/22 Felix Geyer <debfx-pkg at fobos.de>:
> The Open Source Edition (OSE) of VirtualBox doesn't support USB:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions
>
> You have to switch to the closed-source version from virtualbox.org if
> you want USB.
>
> ** Changed in: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Invalid
>
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> USB devices unavailable in VirtualBox (Windows XP guest)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458031
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> Status in “virtualbox-ose” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose
>
> 1. ubuntu 9.10
> 2. virtualbox-ose:  3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1
> 3./4.
> I use a Windows XP guest which i originally created on ubuntu 9.4
>
> Under ubuntu 9.10 everything is running fine. I can use CDROM und share folders with host. Only USB is not working:
> - I don't have USB Devices options in the Settings (when guest is powered off)
> - In the machine Window under Devices -> USB Devices it says 'no available devices'
>
> I followed these instructions WITHOUT success (playing with groups and adding a line in fstab): http://ubuntuguide.net/enable-virtualbox-virtual-machinesguests-usb-support
>
> Doing this i observed the following curious things:
> - there was NO group vboxusers
> - neither was there a group with 'usb' in the name
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Thu Oct 22 11:08:38 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Package: virtualbox-ose-qt 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1
> ProcEnviron:
>  PATH=(custom, no user)
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
> VirtualBoxOse.DpkgList:
>  ii  virtualbox-guest-additions            3.0.8-1                                    guest additions iso image for VirtualBox
>  ii  virtualbox-ose                        3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1                        x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
>  ii  virtualbox-ose-qt                     3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1                        x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user
>  ii  virtualbox-ose-source                 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1                        x86 virtualization solution - kernel module
>


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