Kubuntu 11.10 VBox 4.16 - no USB

[herrmeier]

Hello,

I'm using USB since 1.6. Every update and upgrade worked quite well.
This is the description I was following:
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/VirtualBox/B ... virtualbox
I don't see any USB-Devices with withe virtualboxed Windows XP (Guest) even though they are connected in Linux (Host)
e.g.: #lsusb
...
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f9:015f Brother Industries, Ltd MFC-8440
...

# cat /etc/fstab
...
# usb nach virtualbox durchschleifen
none /mnt/vm-usb usbfs noauto,devgid=120,devmode=664 0 0
...

# id
...id
120(vboxusers)

any idea what might be wrong?

[Perryg]

The fstab requirement was deprecated so time ago. Remove (comment) and reboot the host.
Make sure that the extension pack matches the build version of VirtualBox.

Note: extension pack is not the guest additions.

[herrmeier]

Thank you, I removed:
# usb nach virtualbox durchschleifen
# none /mnt/vm-usb usbfs noauto,devgid=120,devmode=664 0 0
# none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=XXX,devmode=664 0 0

both lines, which didn't work from fstab...

USB works now with HP 6p via prolific USB2parallel-Connector and with Iomega external Harddrive.

It still doesn't work with Brother MFC 8440...

Here some logs and command outputs...
Is there any othe Information I can add to help?

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#lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f9:015f Brother Industries, Ltd MFC-8440
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 059b:037b Iomega Corp. 
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c526 Logitech, Inc. Nano Receiver
Bus 006 Device 003: ID 067b:2305 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2305 Parallel Port
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 046a:0001 Cherry GmbH My3000 Keyboard

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#VBoxManage list usbhost 

UUID:               028b888c-2da3-4eeb-8068-f77c0a8f0df6
VendorId:           0x04f9 (04F9)
ProductId:          0x015f (015F)
Revision:           1.0 (0100)
SerialNumber:       000B5J465231
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-3//device:/dev/vboxusb/001/004
Current State:      Held

UUID:               b71b1b11-9611-42af-8bdd-4f1f0d98a83c
VendorId:           0x059b (059B)
ProductId:          0x037b (037B)
Revision:           0.0 (0000)
Manufacturer:       Generic
Product:            USB 2.0 Mass Storage Device
SerialNumber:       037B56000000BEBC
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4//device:/dev/vboxusb/002/005
Current State:      Busy

UUID:               edc43697-ac7b-4669-b75d-f315dffae7d4
VendorId:           0x067b (067B)
ProductId:          0x2305 (2305)
Revision:           2.2 (0202)
Manufacturer:       Prolific Technology Inc.
Product:            IEEE-1284 Controller
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb6/6-2//device:/dev/vboxusb/006/003
Current State:      Available

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#uname -r
3.0.0-12-generic-pae

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/var/log/vbox-install.log 
vboxpci.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic-pae/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install Completed.

the error message, if I try to mount the MFC 8440 to the virtual windows machine is:

konnte nicht an die virtuelle Maschine gebunden werden failed to create proxy device für the USB device Error VERR_READ_ERROR NS_ERROR_FAILURE 0x80004005

[Perryg]

It might help to add your <user name> to the lp group on the host.

[herrmeier]

The user was already a member of the group lp...

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sudo adduser >user< lp
[sudo] password for >user<: 
Der Benutzer »user« ist bereits ein Mitglied der Gruppe »lp«.

Any other ideas?

[Perryg]

Sorry, I don't. The USB function is working by evidence of the other devices working.
You can submit a ticket to bugtracker and see what the DEVs have to say about it if you want.

[smilingfrog]

Hello,
I am having the same problem with the same printer.
Has this been resolved?

Currently using VBox 4.2.6 r82870
Fresh, updated install of Mint 14
member of both vboxusers and lp

The MFC 8440 will not attach to the virtual machine

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Result Code: 
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: 
Console
Interface: 
IConsole {db7ab4ca-2a3f-4183-9243-c1208da92392}

I am going to start a bug tracker, as I have not been able to find a solution to this online.