No USB printing or storage

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lancest
Posts: 1
Joined: 2. Aug 2009, 10:42
Primary OS: Ubuntu other
VBox Version: OSE Debian
Guest OSses: XP

No USB printing or storage

Post by lancest »

Hi I'm using Ubuntu Jaunty as host and Virtualbox 2.1.4 from Synaptic. Xp in VB does not recognize my HP 1020 or any USB storage.
Guest Additions are installed. Any help?
stefan.becker
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Joined: 7. Jun 2007, 21:53

Re: No USB printing or storage

Post by stefan.becker »

Read the FAQ here in the Forum. Or read the Manual. There are topics about USB and USBFS.

And you must use PUEL-Version!
Phantom360
Posts: 7
Joined: 2. Aug 2009, 16:58
Primary OS: Ubuntu other
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: windows xp

Re: No USB printing or storage

Post by Phantom360 »

Add yourself to the vboxusers group

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usermod -aG vboxusers <your username>
Also, since your running an older version you may have to update the fstab file. Also in order for usb to work you can't use the OSE version.
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