<div dir="ltr">Yep, extension pack a must to enable USB.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Jan Greeff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jan@verslank.net" target="_blank">jan@verslank.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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    <div>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. <br>
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      Kind regards,<br>
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      On 12/07/2013 08:40, Graeme Donaldson wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">You'll have to install the VirtualBox Extension
        Pack from <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads" target="_blank">https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads</a>
        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! :-)</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On 12 July 2013 06:58, Wayne Abroue <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:plettpc@gmail.com" target="_blank">plettpc@gmail.com</a>></span>
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            <div dir="ltr">Virtualbox handles USB fine, plug in and
              enable the device from the usb icon. The VM will scream
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                    On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Frans de waal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meesterarend@gmail.com" target="_blank">meesterarend@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                          On Jul 11, 2013 10:04 PM, "Wesley Werner" <<a href="mailto:wesley.werner@gmail.com" target="_blank">wesley.werner@gmail.com</a>>
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                          > 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.<br>
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                          > I feel your pain on this, and feel you
                          are delving into a world that would involve
                          voodoo. Good luck!<br>
                          ><br>
                          > [1]: <a href="http://qemu.weilnetz.de/qemu-doc.html#usb_005fdevices" target="_blank">http://qemu.weilnetz.de/qemu-doc.html#usb_005fdevices</a><br>
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                      <p>I recall seeing usb options on virtual box...
                        not curently close to my pc to check though</p>
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                          <p>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Jan
                            Greeff <<a href="mailto:jan@verslank.net" target="_blank">jan@verslank.net</a>>
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                            >><br>
                            >> This seems over my head, will it be
                            easier to get my USB ports to work on my
                            Oracle VM Virtualbox 4.1.2?<br>
                            >><br>
                            >> Jan<br>
                            >><br>
                            >><br>
                            >><br>
                            >> On 11/07/2013 15:10, Bruce Pieterse
                            wrote:<br>
                            >>><br>
                            >>> On 11/07/2013 14:24, Wesley
                            Werner wrote:<br>
                            >>>><br>
                            >>>> 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?<br>
                            >>>><br>
                            >>>> Not sure about WINE's
                            hardware interaction (usb).<br>
                            >>><br>
                            >>> Hi,<br>
                            >>><br>
                            >>> 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.<br>
                            >>><br>
                            >>> BUT, looking for an answer
                            today I found this: <a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/USB" target="_blank">http://wiki.winehq.org/USB</a><br>
                            >>><br>
                            >>> If it works, please let me
                            know! :)<br>
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