[ubuntu-za] Wine woes (again)

[Jan Greeff]

The USB extension packs are for Vbox 4.2.16 but Ubuntu repositories seem 
to be lagging behind with 4.1.12. If I try to install 4.1.16 I get an 
incompatibility message.


On 12/07/2013 13:51, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> On 12/07/2013 09:36, Wayne Abroue wrote:
>> Yep, extension pack a must to enable USB.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net 
>> <mailto:jan at verslank.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Many thanks for all the help and suggestions. We will be away for
>>     a few days and I will follow up and let you know the result next
>>     week.
>>
>>     Kind regards,
>>
>>     Jan
>>
>>     On 12/07/2013 08:40, Graeme Donaldson wrote:
>>>     You'll have to install the VirtualBox Extension Pack from
>>>     https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads to enable USB support.
>>>     I *think* it makes a lot of noise about this when you attempt to
>>>     enable USB on a guest for the first time, but in case it
>>>     doesn't.... now you know! :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>     On 12 July 2013 06:58, Wayne Abroue <plettpc at gmail.com
>>>     <mailto:plettpc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Virtualbox handles USB fine, plug in and enable the device
>>>         from the usb icon. The VM will scream for the drivers.
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Frans de waal
>>>         <meesterarend at gmail.com <mailto:meesterarend at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>             On Jul 11, 2013 10:04 PM, "Wesley Werner"
>>>             <wesley.werner at gmail.com
>>>             <mailto:wesley.werner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>             >
>>>             > I can't vouch for Virtualbox, but it seems like QEMU /
>>>             KVM has usb passthrough [1]. I have not used this
>>>             feature of KVM before so cannot give you specifics.
>>>             >
>>>             > I feel your pain on this, and feel you are delving
>>>             into a world that would involve voodoo. Good luck!
>>>             >
>>>             > [1]: http://qemu.weilnetz.de/qemu-doc.html#usb_005fdevices
>>>             >
>>>             > --
>>>             > Wesley
>>>             >
>>>
>>>             I recall seeing usb options on virtual box... not
>>>             curently close to my pc to check though
>>>
>>>             > On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Jan Greeff
>>>             <jan at verslank.net <mailto:jan at verslank.net>> wrote:
>>>             >>
>>>             >> This seems over my head, will it be easier to get my
>>>             USB ports to work on my Oracle VM Virtualbox 4.1.2?
>>>             >>
>>>             >> Jan
>>>             >>
>>>             >>
>>>             >>
>>>             >> On 11/07/2013 15:10, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
>>>             >>>
>>>             >>> On 11/07/2013 14:24, Wesley Werner wrote:
>>>             >>>>
>>>             >>>> Hi Jan. I tried to backtrack what app you are
>>>             meaning, can you please reiterate what app, and if there
>>>             is a chance of an alternative native app?
>>>             >>>>
>>>             >>>> Not sure about WINE's hardware interaction (usb).
>>>             >>>
>>>             >>> Hi,
>>>             >>>
>>>             >>> As far as USB support goes for WINE, it doesn't
>>>             work. I set up iTunes a while back (11.10/12.04) and
>>>             tried to get my iPod working with it. Unfortunately,
>>>             after doing all that then looking for any articles
>>>             relating to WINE USB support the answer was no and the
>>>             alternative solution was to setup a virtual machine with
>>>             USB passthrough.
>>>             >>>
>>>             >>> BUT, looking for an answer today I found this:
>>>             http://wiki.winehq.org/USB
>>>             >>>
>>>             >>> If it works, please let me know! :)
>>>             >>>
>>>             >>
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> You will also need to add yourself to the vboxusers group in order for 
> Virtualbox to provide USB support. You can do this with "sudo usermod 
> -a -G vboxusers username". Once done, you can logout of your desktop 
> session (not 100% sure if this works), or do a soft reboot.
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>
> Bruce
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