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Virtualbox wont detect usb memory in the settings
Posted: 7. Jan 2016, 21:55
by Mikseri123
So, i have been searching for people whit similiar problems but i cant seem to find anyone that has this problem, Usually people wont just find the drive in the guest system because of various reasons. BUT in my case virtualbox doesnt seem to be able to find the drive at all... i have tried running vboxmanage to see the usb drives but it just cant find it, the host system is able to use the usb correctly. Anyone got anything i could try? The guest os is tails 1.8.1 if you need to know.
Re: Virtualbox wont detect usb memory in the settings
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 20:14
by socratis
Since you seem to have a host problem, the most important details (about the host) are missing. Also:
1) What is the output of VBoxManage?
2) Can you uninstall and re-install by right-clicking and selecting "Run as administrator"? See if that helps.
Re: Virtualbox wont detect usb memory in the settings
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 21:41
by Mikseri123
VBoxManage output is as follows
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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage list usbhost
Host USB Devices:
UUID: b264ba94-6c16-47b2-a229-0cd9eec4eb5b
VendorId: 0x045e (045E)
ProductId: 0x0780 (0780)
Revision: 1.112 (01112)
Port: 0
USB version/speed: 2/High
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Product: Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000
Address: {36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000}\0022
Current State: Busy
UUID: 717b5a04-5379-488c-b70e-10b464338b41
VendorId: 0x0461 (0461)
ProductId: 0x4d03 (4D03)
Revision: 5.80 (0580)
Port: 0
USB version/speed: 1/Full
Manufacturer: Primax Electronics, Ltd
Product: Kensington Mouse-in-a-box
Address: {745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da}\0000
Current State: Busy
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>
and the uninstalling/reinstalling didnt do the trick, im sorry if its really hard to understand me etc. im pretty new to this whole vm thing
Re: Virtualbox wont detect usb memory in the settings
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 21:48
by socratis
1) Again, the host details are missing.
2) So, what's wrong with the output? It seems that VBoxManage is working. Do you have another device plugged in that VBoxManage does not list?
If you're running Windows, try a Microsoft sample application called USBView. See if there are differences in the output.
Re: Virtualbox wont detect usb memory in the settings
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 23:01
by Mikseri123
Ah yes.... brainfart, the host is windows 7 64-bit. and yes there is an usb "mass storage" connected to the host that the host can see but the vbox can't.
I will look into that right away.
Re: Virtualbox wont detect usb memory in the settings
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 23:26
by Mikseri123
I cant seem to find anything that seems out of the ordinary while looking at the info using USBView.