usb not being reconized by virtual box

[burntresistor]

i have a usb hd its not being recognized in the usb settings to add to make sure it can be mounted when i go into my xp virutal box. Its recognizing the printer but nothing else

[Perryg]

What filters have you setup to use in VBox for the guest?
A Blank Filter will allow almost everything to work but once you boot the guest you must unplug the device and plug it back in to allow the guest to get focus. The (+) or fixed filter makes it available to the guest as soon as it boots but has problems.

[burntresistor]

What filters have you setup to use in VBox for the guest?
A Blank Filter will allow almost everything to work but once you boot the guest you must unplug the device and plug it back in to allow the guest to get focus. The (+) or fixed filter makes it available to the guest as soon as it boots but has problems.

Well its recognized the filter for my usb hd in setup but when I turn on VB it doesn't recognize it is connected when XP is turned on. I unplugged and replugged it in and it still didn't. Then i tired a blank filter as suggested and the same thing happened. What else can be done to help and is there a guide for dealing with the usb?

[tris1295]

I have the same problems, there are no problems when I used 1.6 version . That was happened when I used 2.2 / 2.2.2 version. I haved tried in PCLOS 2009, Mandriva 2009.1 & Ubuntu 9.04. How to solved the problem ?

[Sasquatch]

Make sure you unmount the device from the Host, then try to hook it to the VM. Does lsusb show the device in the Host? What does the vboxmanage command say to enumerate usb devices (please check the manual or help output, I don't know the exact command)?

[diodeman]

How exactly do you remove the usb device from the Mac OS X host mach to allow VB to use it?

[Sasquatch]

How exactly do you remove the usb device from the Mac OS X host mach to allow VB to use it?

Please open a topic in the Mac OS Hosts forum for that. You're asking in the wrong place, Mac OSX is not Linux.