[ubuntu-za] Virtualbox hiccups

[Jedri Visser]

I installed it the other day. I added my user with:
usermod -a -G vboxusers <username>

You can make sure the group exists with the command:
groups

and see if you belong to the group with:
id

I could not see the group and it did not work until I logged out and back
in again.

Regards
Jedri Visser


On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Wayne Abroue <plettpc at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net> wrote:
>
>>  Can someone please help? My last updates included some on Oracle
>> Virtualbox. Since these updates were downloaded, my cursor disappears
>> altogether when I click on the Vbox.
>>
>> The system tells me that "VirtualBox is not currently allowed to access
>> USB devices. You can change this by adding your user to the 'vboxusers'group. Please see the user manual for a more detailed explanation." The
>> user manual has not revealed anything that helps and the Oracle website and
>> "help" facility is one of the most frustrating and infuriating websites
>> that I have ever come across. I have tried there twice in the last few
>> years but every time I run into so many frustrating dead ends that I just
>> give up.
>>
>> I am running vbox version 4.2.4r81684 on Ubuntu 12.04.
>>
>>   Result Code:
>>
>> NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x00004005)
>>
>> Component:
>>
>> Host
>>
>> Interface:
>>
>> IHost {30678943-32df-4830-b413-931b25ac86a0}
>>
>> Callee:
>>
>> IMachine {22781af3-1c96-4126-9edf-67a020e0e858}
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Jan
>>
>>
>>
> I concur, exactly the same problem here. USB does not detect other usb
> devices, Mouse and keyboard work fine though.
> USB scanner /printer not picking up in virtualbox icon. I did add user to
> vboxusers as required.
>
> still nothng.
>
> Eventually took the time to get the firmware injected scanner working
> under ubuntu. I still need printing in Vbox working.
>
> Wayne A
>
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