Ubuntu 8.10 host USB detected as non-USB 2.0

mjdomask · Post by **mjdomask** » 17. Feb 2009, 03:37

Hello.

I'm trying to run Windows XP via Virtualbox 2.12 so I can get full iPod support on Linux. I can get the iPod to be visible in Virtualbox, and iTunes can see ti and write to it. However, Windows only sees it as a non-high-speed USB device, i.e., a USB 1.1 device instead of 2.0. A USB thumb drive yields the same results.

How can I get Virtualbox to show the devices as high-speed USB?

Thanks in advance!

HotShotDJ · Post by **HotShotDJ** » 17. Feb 2009, 06:49

I've run into this as well with VirtualBox 2.1.2. The only way I've found is to add the following lines to the end of my /etc/fstab (just like older VirtualBox versions):

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# For USB access with Virtualbox
none	/proc/bus/usb	usbfs	devgid=####,devmode=664	0	0

Be sure to replace #### with the group ID number for vboxusers on your system. This works on Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 8.10. I have not tried it on other Linux distros.

mjdomask · Post by **mjdomask** » 18. Feb 2009, 07:56

Thanks, that seemed to have nailed that issue that I'm having.

HotShotDJ · Post by **HotShotDJ** » 19. Feb 2009, 01:59

mjdomask wrote:Thanks, that seemed to have nailed that issue that I'm having.

I just upgraded to version 2.1.4 this afternoon. The /etc/fstab fix was not needed after the upgrade (I reversed the change to my fstab and rebooted to test). According to the changelog:

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moved the udev rules for USB forward so that they don’t override existing system rules

That seemed to do the trick!