Can't see USB on VirtualBox [Former: USB Re: TomTom on Ubuntu]

[LAMP]

Ray Leventhal wrote:
> LAMP wrote:
>   
>> Kind of related to this thread:
>>
>> I tried to install TomTom HOME on my VirtualBox (thinkpad T61) to be 
>> sure it could work on EeePC and got stuck. But not with TomTom HOME. I 
>> attached TomTom to laptop but I wasn't abe to see it on VirtualBox. I 
>> was able to see it on Ubuntu (host) and browser through it's files, but 
>> no luck with VistualBox.
>>
>> I was checking or a last 2 hours about this (very often) issue but not a 
>> one helped me.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> LAMP
>>     
>
> Ensure you're running the PUEL version of Virtualbox (PUEL=Personal Use 
> & Evalulation License).  The .deb file is avail from [1].
>
> The PUEL version is the only way I was able to mount host-inserted USB 
> devices...no worries if you've loaded the Virtbox from 
> repositories...your settings are still saved upon upgrading to PUEL.
>
>
> YMMV, HTH,
> -Ray
>
> [1] http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
>   

how can I find do I run PUEL version or not?