usb devices

[scooter_x]

I'm trying to use some USB devices in my virtual machine, and can't seem to be able to figure it out. I want to use my jumpdrive, and want to use my Lego Mindstorms brick. Here at work I use windows 7 so it's alright, I don't need to worry about it. At home however, I run Linux and I can't program my lego brick unless I'm in windows. Poses a bit of a problem in wanting to do my assignments. I just don't know why it doesn't recognize my jumpdrive OR my lego brick. My mouse obviously works, but that's it. Is there some kind of special drivers I need or something? Any help appreciated. And I assumed I posted this in the right forum. If not, please point me in the right direction. Thanks.

[dmcgraw]

According to your profile, you are using the OSE version of VirtualBox. The OSE version does not support USB.

You need to download and install the PUEL version.

[scooter_x]

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to look into that. I honestly didn't know the difference, so just put OSE down. Thanks.

Edit: Okay that was easy. I am using the PUEL license. I didn't want the open source one, I recall when I downloaded.

[scooter_x]

Nobody knows? I can plug in my jump drive with a linux guest, and it picks it up just normally. My windowsXP guest isn't. I been digging and haven't found anything that helped.

[Duhhh]

OK, I'll give it a shot. I just got a USB device working that my host didn't recognize, so it's fresh in my memory.

Step 1 is to create a filter in the guest's USB settings. With the guest powered down, open the USB settings. If your host recognizes the device, you can press ALT-INS and select the device. If not, you need to create a blank filter. To do that, press CTRL ENTER and you can type in enough info to identify the device (Vendor ID and Product ID should be sufficient). To get the VID and PID, open a terminal and type: VBoxManage list usbhost

Find your device in that list, and copy the VID and PID to the filter dialog (you don't need the 0x that is in front of every VID and PID - just the 4 digits after the 0x). Give the filter a descriptive name, and click OK.

Now start the guest. In the Devices menu, under USB Devices, you should see your device. Click to activate the check mark and the device will be visible to the guest (and removed from the host). Once the guest sees the device, it should try to load device drivers for it (just as if you had plugged it in to the guest USB port).

[docduke]

I have a related USB problem. I have a cradle for a Handspring Visor. When I plug it in, there is no response from my computer. When I press the "synch" button, there is still no response. "vboxmanage list usbhost" tells me there are no USB devices attached.

When I install the Handspring software in another partition, it has no problem recognizing the cradle when it is plugged in. I am guessing that the cradle is so old that it does not follow the more modern USB conventions.

I have one or two other USB devices that don't identify themselves. Is there a way to construct a filter for such devices?

Thanks!

[scooter_x]

Thanks Duhhh for posting that. I may have tried that filter thing in Windows with no go, but I'll try it under Linux and follow your steps and see if I can get anywhere. Thanks a ton.

-Scooter

[miltonsancho]

I am trying to use a web cam on my guest. I registered the device on the usb setting but it does not run on the guest. Gives me an error stating that the device is 'in use'.

any sugestions? thanks