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I agree with kriko.

Using Ubuntu 7.1 on a MacBookPro, iSight web cam was correctly identified by the Windows host but a usb dongle wasn't. I note 1.5.4 has usb2 echi support, I think something is broken

btw I went back to 1.5.2 and that works fine.

For permissions related issues (Ubuntu) look here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox

My experience with 1.5.4 OSE was not good. When I installed 1.5.4 PUEL it is OK. I just found out that I need to do

#VBOX=$(grep vboxusers /etc/group | sed 's/vboxusers\(.*\):.*/\1/')

and

#mount -t usbfs -o devgid=$VBOX,devmode=664,nodev,noexec,nosuid none /proc/bus/usb

every time I reboot. Also to unmount any USB devices from the Linux host before starting the guest.

On uninstallation, try to search with synaptic package manager for "virtualbox". Then do a "complete removal", before installing another version.

And I also removed the line in fstab as suggested by holsch.

...looks like the problem was not fixed with 1.5.6...sadly

USB working here on openSuSE 10.3, but with same issues as 1.5.4 (Card reader). Still sticking to 1.5.2.

Have a look at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ (USB on openSUSE10.3). I've just checked out myself that this works on an up-to-date openSUSE10.3 (x86_64). So at least accessing the USB devices from the host should be possible. Of course it is still possible that some devices do not work -- we are improving USB support further.

@Frank Mehnert: I'm running newes vbox now, however unfortunately my card reader got destroyed by lightning, so now I don't have any broken devices to test if this got fixed (it was replaced by a different one - this one works).

Update:
Nokia N95 doesn't seems to work properly - it is detected and installed under device manager, however pcSuite shows a warning that phone cannot be recognised.