[WorksForMe] USB Scanner | Linux host | Win10 guest | No Joy

[ksw]

Hi. I have a Cannon scanner that works on my Linux Mint host, but there are no drivers for Linux to control the transparency function of the scanner, so I need to use windows to do that and use Cannon's software on Windows.

So I installed a Windows 10 guest, and I tried to change the USB settings filter to add the scanner so the guest would see it. But when I try to add a device filter, it says "<no devices available>". Is there a missing step?

I've installed the extension pack, but I've ran out of ideas. Any tips? I know I could re-partition and dual boot, but I'd much rather not.

Thanks!

[scottgus1]

On a Linux host, this must be done:

2.3.4 The vboxusers Group
The Linux installers create the system user group vboxusers during installation. Any system
user who is going to use USB devices from Oracle VM VirtualBox guests must be a member of
that group. A user can be made a member of the group vboxusers through the GUI user/group
management or using the following command:

sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers username

[ksw]

Thank you. I will try this.

[ksw]

I'm happy to report your tip worked. Thanks!

[socratis]

Glad you got it going, marking as [WorksForMe].