Virtualbox USB support?

Nils Kassube kassube at gmx.net
Sat Sep 25 22:04:03 UTC 2010


Edgars Šmits wrote:
> I'm trying to get an unsupported scanner to work (CanoScan LiDE 90),
> it shows up correctly in lsusb. I've installed Virtualbox and XP + XP
> drivers from Canon, but can't seem to figure out what next. Googled
> and all I get are old instructions from 2008 at best. I'm running
> Lucid 64 and the most recent Virtualbox. Any ideas where to get
> instructions?

Which Virtualbox version is it? You need the PUEL version from 
virtualbox.org if you want USB support. The GPL version from the Ubuntu 
repositories is not sufficient.


Nils




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