USB Support In Ubunto 8.10 Host With Win XP Guest

umechanism · Post by **umechanism** » 11. Jan 2009, 23:32

I've read the manual's instructions on setting up USB filters but I am totally missing something. I installed VB (not the OSE version) from the repository and have XP SP3 running as a guest on Ubuntu 8.10. I just can't get VB to see the USB devices that I plug in. I've searched this forum and used Google but I just can't find what I need. Heck, I don't really even know what to search for.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

umechanism · Post by **umechanism** » 12. Jan 2009, 15:23

I'm still struggling with USB filters. Is there a "how to" or something in this forum? I'm looking for it but I'm not sure what search terms I should be using.

Can someone please throw me a bone?

umechanism · Post by **umechanism** » 12. Jan 2009, 21:14

Just to confirm - I downloaded VirtualBox from here
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
which is not the -OSE version. This should support USB but I can not get it to work.

All help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 12. Jan 2009, 22:54

USB is explained in the VirtualBox FAQ. After that, add an empty filter and select the USB device from the Devices > USB menu.

FrankVdb · Post by **FrankVdb** » 14. Jan 2009, 00:34

Thank you guys for showing me the right direction. I was able to get a USB dongle working for an important piece of professional software that I use and now it just... works. I'm delighted.

umechanism · Post by **umechanism** » 14. Jan 2009, 06:29

Sasquatch wrote:USB is explained in the VirtualBox FAQ. After that, add an empty filter and select the USB device from the Devices > USB menu.

The FAQ is what I needed. It will be a day or two before I get to try it because of my working schedule but I'll read through the FAQ and try the suggestions there. I'll report back soon.

Thank you.

Brerlapn · Post by **Brerlapn** » 14. Jan 2009, 09:39

I was able to solve the problem you are having in Intrepid by following the instructions at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox#USB

The only thing that I found unclear was when it says to paste the text at the end of the do_start() function. That means to paste it in right before the " } ".

I haven't created any USB filters, either, but I've been able to detect multiple USB devices in my Virtualbox machine so for me at least the instructions above were all I needed to get USB working.

umechanism · Post by **umechanism** » 16. Jan 2009, 17:51

I got it working! The FAQ pointed me to mounting the USB in the fstab for 8.10. Worked great. Thanks!