No usb found

[Eldon]

My host is OpenSuse 42.1. My problem is illustrated below:

eee@linux-h2bw:~> users
eee

eee@linux-h2bw:~> groups
users vboxusers

eee@linux-h2bw:~> lsusb
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 89e5:101b
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0bc2:2320 Seagate RSS LLC USB 3.0 bridge [Portable Expansion Drive]
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04f9:0028 Brother Industries, Ltd Printer
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

eee@linux-h2bw:~> VBoxManage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version: 5.0.12
Revision: 104815
Edition:
Description: USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM, Disk Encryption.
VRDE Module: VBoxVRDP
Usable: true
Why unusable:

eee@linux-h2bw:~> VBoxManage list usbhost

Host USB Devices:

<none>

eee@linux-h2bw:~>

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Eldon]

Solved! My original VBox was installed from an openSUSE repository. I deleted it and installed directly from virtualbox.org. After that, all worked fine. This may be cargo cult, but I expect that something was missing from the repository version that prevented it from handling usb.