USB stick fails to attach [SOLVED]

[52ROSt]

Host: LM 17.3 KDE
Guest: W7 32 bit. and XP

Both VMs were running very well. When I wanted to attach again a USB stick today, but it did not work.
I get for both VMs the message:

Failed to attach the USB device USB DISK 3.0 [0110] to the virtual machine W732Pro_OS Clone.

Failed to create a proxy device for the USB device. (Error: VERR_PDM_NO_USB_PORTS).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

Shutting down the VMs, the VB, and the LM machine did not solve the problem.

What went wrong and why?
How can I fix the problem

[socratis]

What else do you have connected to your host? Any USB related software manager? With the USB device plugged in and the VM not running, post the output of the following commands:

• 
  VBoxManage -version
  VBoxManage list extpacks
  VBoxManage list usbhost
  VBoxManage list usbfilters
  VBoxManage showvminfo "Your_Virtual_Machine_Name"

[52ROSt]

@socratis - Thanks a lot for your help!

As the output list is very long, I attached it in txt-file.
[Mod edit: Very thoughtful of you, but it's OK, it's not too big, I replaced your attachment with the actual output, so that others can take a look at it easier]

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rost@rost-X240:~ > VBoxManage -version
5.1.14r112924

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rost@rost-X240:~ > VBoxManage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0:   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version:      5.1.14
Revision:     112924
Edition:      
Description:  USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM, Disk Encryption, NVMe.
VRDE Module:  VBoxVRDP
Usable:       true 
Why unusable: 

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rost@rost-X240:~ > VBoxManage list usbhost
Host USB Devices:

UUID:               3956724d-ce11-4323-8d81-474bd4351b9d
VendorId:           0x8087 (8087)
ProductId:          0x07dc (07DC)
Revision:           0.1 (0001)
Port:               6
USB version/speed:  2/Full
Manufacturer:       Intel Corp.
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7//device:/dev/vboxusb/001/003
Current State:      Busy

UUID:               8f24f084-6b13-4c26-aad5-3817c2e554cf
VendorId:           0x13fe (13FE)
ProductId:          0x5200 (5200)
Revision:           1.16 (0116)
Port:               1
USB version/speed:  3/Super
Manufacturer:               
Product:            USB DISK 3.0
SerialNumber:       070844406AC6A069
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-2//device:/dev/vboxusb/002/005
Current State:      Held

UUID:               095d63a7-21e5-4875-9f1c-04a3db5bd3d7
VendorId:           0x138a (138A)
ProductId:          0x0017 (0017)
Revision:           0.120 (00120)
Port:               5
USB version/speed:  1/Full
Manufacturer:       Validity Sensors, Inc.
Product:            Fingerprint Reader
SerialNumber:       7841552f8d90
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-6//device:/dev/vboxusb/001/002
Current State:      Available

UUID:               8ce9acac-2b26-45b5-97c7-63c2b5f12208
VendorId:           0x058f (058F)
ProductId:          0x9540 (9540)
Revision:           1.32 (0132)
Port:               4
USB version/speed:  2/Full
Manufacturer:       Generic
Product:            EMV Smartcard Reader
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.5//device:/dev/vboxusb/003/003
Current State:      Available

UUID:               69457e4c-ddd2-41d0-9f35-8d01affb6b55
VendorId:           0x04f2 (04F2)
ProductId:          0xb39a (B39A)
Revision:           38.3 (3803)
Port:               7
USB version/speed:  2/High
Manufacturer:       SunplusIT INC.
Product:            Integrated Camera
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8//device:/dev/vboxusb/001/004
Current State:      Busy

UUID:               b352f43b-48aa-4a75-a4e9-c5d60855f710
VendorId:           0x045e (045E)
ProductId:          0x00e1 (00E1)
Revision:           0.7 (0007)
Port:               0
USB version/speed:  2/Low
Manufacturer:       Microsoft
Product:            Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse® 1.00
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1//device:/dev/vboxusb/001/008
Current State:      Busy

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rost@rost-X240:~ > VBoxManage list usbfilters
Global USB Device Filters:

<none>

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rost@rost-X240:~ > VBoxManage showvminfo W732_RightNotes
Name:            W732_RightNotes
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Windows 7 (32-bit)
UUID:            a7dd5595-5059-4d0e-afd6-c91866bc2b98
Config file:     /home/rost/VirtualBox VMs/W732_RightNotes/W732_RightNotes.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/rost/VirtualBox VMs/W732_RightNotes/Snapshots
Log folder:      /home/rost/VirtualBox VMs/W732_RightNotes/Logs
Hardware UUID:   a7dd5595-5059-4d0e-afd6-c91866bc2b98
Memory size:     2000MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       27MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  1
PAE:             off
Long Mode:       off
Triple Fault Reset: off
APIC:            on
X2APIC:          off
CPUID Portability Level: 0
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          off
BIOS APIC mode:  APIC
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     off
VT-x VPID:       on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
Paravirt. Provider: Default
Effective Paravirt. Provider: HyperV
State:           powered off (since 2017-03-02T02:46:51.384000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address: 
Teleporter Password: 
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration: 
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend: 
Storage Controller Name (0):            SATA
Storage Controller Type (0):            IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  30
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
SATA (0, 0): /home/rost/VirtualBox VMs/W732_RightNotes/W732_RightNotes-disk1.vdi (UUID: 2ce5f1e5-955f-4600-89f9-3faeeb60a392)
SATA (1, 0): Empty
NIC 1:           MAC: 0800276A1896, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 1 Settings:  MTU: 0, Socket (send: 64, receive: 64), TCP Window (send:64, receive: 64)
NIC 2:           disabled
NIC 3:           disabled
NIC 4:           disabled
NIC 5:           disabled
NIC 6:           disabled
NIC 7:           disabled
NIC 8:           disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
UART 3:          disabled
UART 4:          disabled
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: PulseAudio, Controller: HDA, Codec: STAC9221)
Clipboard Mode:  disabled
Drag and drop Mode: disabled
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            enabled
XHCI:            disabled

USB Device Filters:

Index:            0
Active:           yes
Name:             USB DISK 3.0 [0110]
VendorId:         13fe
ProductId:        5200
Revision:         0110
Manufacturer:             
Product:          USB DISK 3.0
Remote:           0
Serial Number:    070844406AC6A069

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:  <none>

Video capturing:    not active
Capture screens:    0
Capture file:       /home/rost/VirtualBox VMs/W732_RightNotes/W732_RightNotes.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate:       512 kbps
Capture FPS:        25

Description:
W7 32 bit OS only - keep this VM always as an OS only VM - continue always witht a clone.
Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB

[52ROSt]

Thanks to the unknown editor. It definitely is better to be read in your version. I need to keep this mind for the future.

Now I hope that with this, I am step closer to solution.

[socratis]

What??? This is the 2nd time in as many days that a message of mine disappeared! With no administrative logs. That's got to be really weird. The thing is that besides editing your post, I replied to it, but ... it's not here! I'll try to figure out what's going on. Here's what I said...

Everything looks OK, except maybe one minor thing; make sure that you delete the "Revision", "Product" and mainly the "Serial Number" values from your filter. I don't really think that it will solve your problem, I just want to be safe than sorry.

I'd also like to see the output of the commands:

• id

And finally, is this a USB3 device? If so, can you plug it in a USB2 port or a USB2 hub?

[mpack]

What??? This is the 2nd time in as many days that a message of mine disappeared! With no administrative logs. That's got to be really weird. The thing is that besides editing your post, I replied to it, but ... it's not here! I'll try to figure out what's going on.

Are you sure you actually posted it? When I've had similar events I soon realized that while I had written the post, I had been distracted towards the end and minimised the browser without posting it.

[socratis]

I'm in the 95+% range sure. I work with tabs and I rarely close a reply. And when I do it's a conscious decision. I've never had something like that happen in 7 years ^[1], otherwise I wouldn't bring it up. I will try to find the timeframe that my 1st message "disappeared" and write down the times. If there's a 3rd incident, I'll contact one of the admins and see what they think about it.

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^[1] : Actually I had two of my messages in the past "disappear". I suspected "foul play" from a moderator, because (let's face it) sometimes emotions run high and some comments shouldn't have been posted. I contacted the moderator and asked if my message was deleted because of language/content/attitude. Confirmed... .

[52ROSt]

@socratis

Thanks a lot for your help.

As I observed yesterday already that suddenly all USB devices can be attached as I want to do it, I did not implement the proposes changes.

Today I observed again that I can attach any USB and they work simply perfect ( and I did several restarts and log-off and ons today). This means that your analysis of the terminal output, that all is set correct, is perfectly correct.

I will observe what the VMs are doing in the next and get back to your or flag the post SOLVED.

As for the not to be seen post of yours, don't worry too much. I appreciate your help VERY much!