how to make the USB devices from HOST available in client?

[drobble]

Hello,

I'm wondering how can I make the USB device of the HOST (Linux Mint 22.3) available in the client (LM v22.3) ?

In the settings, the USB option is checked off but the contents is greyed out.

I want to access in the client an ESP8266 MCU that is connected to a USB of the HOST.

Settings-USB

VB USB's 20`26-02-16T10-41-52.png (17.65 KiB) Viewed 1363 times

Any help is much appreciated.
TIA

Virtualbox v 7.1.10r169112 on Linux HOST

[FX8370core]

RTFM, its well described.

[drobble]

RTFM, its well described.

You are indeed a sweetie.

The problem is that it is not very detailed described how to use it.
My USB device (a SDD) is not showing up.

[FX8370core]

From the Manual:

Extension packs provide extra functionality to the Oracle VirtualBox base package,
such as extended USB device support and ...

Prerequisite: is the Extension pack installed?

Prerequisite: Is your username in the vboxusers group?

Prerequisite: In the settings of the VM: Enable xHCI support.

Thats all well described in the VBox manual.

How to pass through an USB device to the VM:
* Plug in the device. It should be detected by the host system first of all.
* Start up the VM you want to pass an USB device to.
* Look into the VBox menu of this VM for "Devices" and go to USB. Tick the one device you want to pass through to the VM. It will disappear on the host. You may need to mount the device manually if its not autodeteced by an automounter.