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jochen69
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No USB access

Post by jochen69 »

Hallo,

i have a problem with USB device.

VB Ver 2.1.4
I installed the VB Guest additions. The guest system is WIN XP PRO SrvPack 3.

I have a USB-Stick to try out USB access. In the USB list of VB it shows an unknown device after i installed the driver, after VB asked for User and password to install new device.
I did also reboot and played with properties in USB configuration, but nothing helped. When i click on unknown device, the following message appears

USB device <unknown> with UUID xxx is busy with a previous request. Please try again later.
Error code: E_INVALIDARG

Is there a way to find out and get a solution?

Jochen
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Re: No USB access

Post by vbox4me2 »

Make sure the VM has focus(click on it) then plug in the usb device.
jochen69
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Re: No USB access

Post by jochen69 »

:oops: .... it can beeeee so easy .... THANK YOU!!!!! :D
alston
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Re: No USB access

Post by alston »

I have a similar problem, my guest is openSUSE 11.1 64bit, and I have been configure the USB device. But when I login, it's not any USB device appeared in /media.
I think virtualbox 2.1.4 still has many problem needs to reslove.
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Re: No USB access

Post by Sasquatch »

Did you attach the USB device during boot? If so, that's the problem. Linux somehow misses to attach/mount USB devices during boot.
Read the Forum Posting Guide before opening a topic.
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Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

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jochen69
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Re: No USB access

Post by jochen69 »

I did upgrade VB to 2.2.4

So i have still / new problems with usb. It worked before, but now i cannot connect it to VB. VB is running under WIN XP PRO SRVPCK 3. The host is WIN XP PRO 64 SRVPCK 3.

When i connect USB device to host, the host hardware assistent appears. I entered the administrator login and the driver VB USB was installed. Then i disconnect USB device click into the guest VB and connect the device. The host connect the USB device, but not VB. How can i connect my usb device again? Where is the trick?

Thank you,
Jochen
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Re: No USB access

Post by swhl28 »

Hi: i'm new to this forum and my greeting to all.

my host is vista 64 and guest is xp pro. i've alreadsy installed guest addition.

(1) although i can see my plugged in usb objects like usb portable harddrive and ms laser mouse, etc. in my DEVICE list. However, I don't see the portable hd in COMPUTER in the guest window so i can't access it. furthermore, in SETTINGS - USB, there's nothing inside the DEVICE FILTER window, while 'enable usb controller' & ''enable usb 2.0 controller (ehci)' are checked.

what have i missed? do i have to add filters before my guest can access usb portable hd? thanks in advance.


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Video Memory : 1024 MB
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jochen69
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Re: No USB access

Post by jochen69 »

:roll:

No answers? I still have the problem, that I cannot connect usb device which worked before. :shock:
I don´t really know, what happened, but give VB WIN focus and then connect usb device isn´t working anymore. I have one unknown device, that is alwas there. Don´t know, where belongs to. I tried a lot, red the manual etc. but without result.

Perhaps there is a how to for check or reinstall usb devices on vb? Or somebody can describe shortly a savety way?

Jochen
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