USB devices not recognized?

kotton · Post by **kotton** » 12. Jul 2008, 03:48

i've tried as many things as i can so far, but i just cannot get VB to recognise my ipod nano, or any other usb devices. in the VB settings under USB i have USB and USB 2.0 controllers enabled. but when i try to add a USB Device filter a greyed out box opens that says <no available devices> my ipod/usb key/removeable drives are plugged in and are recognised by Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 8.04 VB 1.6.2 Ubuntu-host Windows XP-guest

thanks

kotton · Post by **kotton** » 12. Jul 2008, 10:29

finally got the answer. for anyone else who may be having the same problem see here. http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/04 ... heron.html

virtuoso · Post by **virtuoso** » 17. Jul 2008, 13:21

I originally had USB working fine with my Vista guest, but reinstalled everything to a larger VDI, and then USB support somehow stopped!

I had enabled usbfs a while ago, but now to get guest USB support, it seems I had to do the commands in kotton's link after the sentence, "If the above doesnt work try rebooting, if that doesnt enable usb you can try this:".

Big booyah to kotton! I don't know what those commands did, but it solved my problem- thanks for posting!