I have Kubuntu 16.04 with KDE plasma 5.5.5 and the virtualbox is 5.1.22 but the virtualbox is not detecting my 2.0 or 3.0 usb devices although my OS is detecting both.
I had installed the extension pack for the 5.1.22 version and even after selecting either one of the following options usb 2.0 or usb 3.0 and after I had clicked on the add new usb device button this message appeared < no devices available > for both options.
[Solved] USB devices are not detected
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Re: USB devices are not detected
Please provide a VM log file. With the VM fully shut down, right click it in GUI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (ONLY) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.
p.s. I see that you already have an open question from your previous post. If you ask a question and get an answer then it's polite to acknowledge that answer.
p.s. I see that you already have an open question from your previous post. If you ask a question and get an answer then it's polite to acknowledge that answer.
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Re: USB devices are not detected
Linux host USB is probably the easiest of all distros supported. There needs to be 3 things to achieve success.
- 1) Matching extension pack installed.
2) ( host requirement ) user name added to the vboxusers group followed with a logout and login or a reboot of the host to enable the new permission.
3) You need to be using the official version of VirtualBox and the official version of the extension pack.
Re: USB devices are not detected
Thank you , this solution solved my problem, what was missing in my case, I did not add the host username to the vboxusers group and the usb controller in windows 7 machine was not installed properly.Perryg wrote:Linux host USB is probably the easiest of all distros supported. There needs to be 3 things to achieve success.
Note: the repo version of the extension pack does not have USB support because VirtualBox USB is closed source and you must use and accept the license for the official version.
- 1) Matching extension pack installed.
2) ( host requirement ) user name added to the vboxusers group followed with a logout and login or a reboot of the host to enable the new permission.
3) You need to be using the official version of VirtualBox and the official version of the extension pack.
Re: USB devices are not detected
Thank you for your note , and my problem was my solved after adding the host username to the vboxusers group and reinstalling the usb controller in my windows 7 machine.mpack wrote:Please provide a VM log file. With the VM fully shut down, right click it in GUI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (ONLY) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.
p.s. I see that you already have an open question from your previous post. If you ask a question and get an answer then it's polite to acknowledge that answer.