Having trouble mouting USB devices under WIndows XP Guest

[mijujoel]

I have a dual boot computer with Windows 7 Release Candidate and MEPIS Linus V8. I installed VirtualBox under MEPIS since Microsoft's VM for WIndows 7 Ultimate (with Windows XP) runs really slowly and has problems. The VIrtualBox installation went really smoothly, but when I look at the devices under USB on the VM, they are all grayed out (keyboard, mouse, thumbdrive, printer, network). When I look at the settings before opening the XP Home VM, I could add these devices and select them. The keyboard, mouse and network work fine, but I can't see the thumbdrive. What am I doing wrong?

MIchael Samuels
mijujoel@ieee.org

[Perryg]

Your profile says that you are using the OSE version of VBox.
The USB is not included in the OSE version, you would need the PUEL version instead.

[SonnyD]

I have a similar problem; and have reinstalled the PUEL version for sureity.
I still find the USB pen is grayed out and 'unavailable'.
How can I resolve this issue?

[geeky2]

In Mepis you will need to edit your /etc/fstab file.
> enter etc/ fstab as root
>insert the follwing line above " Dynamic entries below" section
> none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=46,devmode=664 0 0.
save and you should be good to go.