virtualbox wont show USB ports in the guest OS

[NoOp]

On 09/04/2009 12:07 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
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>> Reinstalling may indeed be the best option. Let us know how it goes & if
>> you need help off-list drop me a note.
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>> Gary
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> Gary, and everybody else who invested time and thoughts to my problem 
> with USB ports, as an update I can tell that the problem is - 
> practically solved.
> The solution: removing virtualbox completely and reinstalling it from 
> the repository as I had it originally installed directly from the SUN site.
> I now see my special device and the W XP program runs and is collecting 
> data.
> The only small problem I have is that an USB-stick can not be tagged but 
> a small window pops up and tells me that there is something amiss with 
> usbfs and I can correct this. I assume some permissions are still not 
> correct.
> So Derek, with respect to your webcam maybe something in usbfs need to 
> be corrected. I remember vaguely that several rules can be adapted to 
> solve permission problems.
> Joep
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I hope that you mean the virtualbox repositories (shown here):
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
as the version in the Ubuntu repository:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/virtualbox-ose
is the OSE and does not include USB support. Only the PEUL version from
the virtualbox site and/or virtualbox repositories provide USB support.