New in 3.1.4: External USB Storage stuck as Unavailable

[PaulP]

I just upgraded to 3.1.4 and found that I was no longer able to capture my USB thumb drive. I don't have access to any other devices at the moment, but I'll check it against a WD device later today.

The USB stick would show up as grayed out, listed as state "Unavailable".

I rebooted both the host and the guest. I reinstalled the guest additions. Re-added the filter. I even tried running virtualbox with root privileges. No joy. This version of virtualbox simply refused to capture the device.

Something worth noting is I see absolutely zero kernel log activity in my Linux guest. The device capture doesn't get to the guest OS level.

When I downgraded back to 3.1.2 I was again able to capture the device. Its working fine.

This is a Leopard install of OSX as host, guest is Xubuntu 9.10. Running a 2.6.31-19 kernel image (happened under .31-17 too).

I don't know what the standard operating procedure is here. Should I see if others have similar problems before filing a
bug report? What other information would be useful?

(Random side note: Under 3.1.2 when I switched my guest from 1 to 2 processors, the entire EHCI USB system began failing. Trying to attach any external USB HD generated a flood of EHCI errors in the kernel log. I was upgrading hoping the issue was resolved.)
-Paul

[pjahead]

I confirm this bug. My Western Digital USB HDD doesn't recognize in VM after upgrading to 3.1.4. Disabling USB2.0 EHCI in the VM settings resolve this issue for me.

[doughbaby]

I am having the same problem. No usb after installing 3.1.4. Operating system does not matter. Disabling the EHCI controller did not work for me. I also removed and added filters with no effect. When someone figures this out, I would greatly appreciate their time. I use the usb feature constantly.

Thanks

[Registered User]

usb storage mus be ejected from the mac; then select it in the vb.
my problem: since 3.1.4 i cannot hotsync my oldfashioned but very helpful palm device using usb connection with the vb...

usb might be a reason for a bugfix in the next version

[mirandacascade]

Apologies in advance for what may seem like an uninformed inquiry...do the symptoms described in this post:

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=27920

suggest that they may have the same underlying cause as the symptoms described in the original post of this thread?

[einmensch]

I confirm this bug. After upgrading to 3.1.4. the USB devices seemed already in use by the MacOSX. But that isn't true.
Disabling USB 2.0 in the VM settings didn't work.

Fehlercode:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Komponente:
HostUSBDevice
Interface:
IHostUSBDevice {173b4b44-d268-4334-a00d-b6521c9a740a}
Callee:
IConsole {6375231a-c17c-464b-92cb-ae9e128d71c3}

Only one USB 2.0 Flash Drive is still working correct.

[PaulP]

Did this ever get acknowledged? I don't see anything in the bug tracker. Does someone who is more familiar with the system wish to register the bug?
-Paul