I've been trying to get VirtualBox to see my USB key but to no avail so far.
I am running Windows XP SP2 on VirtualBox 3.2.0 on Ubuntu 10.04. Here are my USB devices (the one I'm trying to get the guest to see is the "USBest Technology" one):
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$ VBoxManage list usbhost
Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.2.0
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All rights reserved.
Host USB Devices:
UUID: dc7a76e5-1211-4113-85c0-3c5cf5def65b
VendorId: 0x044e (044E)
ProductId: 0x300d (300D)
Revision: 25.21 (2521)
Manufacturer: ALPS
Product: UGX
SerialNumber: 015c705a
Address: sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6.2//device:/dev/bus/usb/001/007
Current State: Unavailable
UUID: 2ffaac99-9171-4cff-a635-c9ab65a0bc7b
VendorId: 0x054c (054C)
ProductId: 0x02d5 (02D5)
Revision: 0.6 (0006)
Product: Sony VAIO USB Internal Optical Drive
SerialNumber: 0013A9FF4F61
Address: sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5//device:/dev/bus/usb/001/002
Current State: Unavailable
UUID: e38b7a4d-886b-4f2f-8699-188e8470e7f8
VendorId: 0x1307 (1307)
ProductId: 0x0165 (0165)
Revision: 1.0 (0100)
Manufacturer: USBest Technology
Product: USB Mass Storage Device
SerialNumber: 08060455c7c141
Address: sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2//device:/dev/bus/usb/001/014
Current State: Unavailable
UUID: eb71dd65-1435-46b5-b19b-ffc1296087c1
VendorId: 0x147e (147E)
ProductId: 0x2016 (2016)
Revision: 0.1 (0001)
Manufacturer: TouchStrip
Product: Fingerprint Sensor
Address: sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/5-1//device:/dev/bus/usb/005/002
Current State: Unavailable
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$ VBoxManage showvminfo xp-vm
Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.2.0
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All rights reserved.
Name: xp-vm
Guest OS: Windows XP
UUID: d8ab77df-4c70-4663-ad88-39e401fcf7fe
Config file: /home/evangelos/.VirtualBox/Machines/xp-vm/xp-vm.xml
Hardware UUID: d8ab77df-4c70-4663-ad88-39e401fcf7fe
Memory size: 512MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 16MB
HPET: off
Number of CPUs: 1
Synthetic Cpu: off
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
PAE: off
Time offset: 0 ms
RTC: local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: off
VT-x VPID: on
State: running (since 2010-05-19T20:28:42.039000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Name (1): Floppy Controller
Storage Controller Type (1): I82078
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 1
Storage Controller Port Count (1): 1
IDE Controller (0, 0): /home/evangelos/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/NewHardDisk1.vdi (UUID: ad14b021-be00-4da7-951f-fe934973b1e8)
IDE Controller (1, 0): /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: 88b2a3f9-2dfa-4045-a7e1-8050f12f9f44)
Floppy Controller (0, 0): Empty
NIC 1: MAC: 08002733C7EC, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0
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: PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
Audio: enabled (Driver: PulseAudio, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Video mode: 640x480x32
VRDP: disabled
USB: enabled
USB Device Filters:
Index: 0
Active: yes
Name: USBest Technology USB Mass Storage Device [0100]
VendorId: 1307
ProductId: 0165
Revision: 0100
Manufacturer: USBest Technology
Product: USB Mass Storage Device
Remote: no
Serial Number: 08060455c7c141
Index: 1
Active: yes
Name: Transced
VendorId: 1307
ProductId: 0165
Revision:
Manufacturer: Transcend Information, Inc.
Product: 2GB/4GB Flash Drive
Remote:
Serial Number:
Available remote USB devices:
<none>
Currently Attached USB Devices:
<none>
Shared folders:
Name: 'xp-vm', Host path: '/home/evangelos/xp-vm' (machine mapping), writable
VRDP Connection: not active
Clients so far: 0
Guest:
Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB
Thanks,
Evan