[Bug 458031] [NEW] USB devices unavailable in VirtualBox (Windows XP guest)

[Samuel Wehrli]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

1. ubuntu 9.10
2. virtualbox-ose:  3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1
3./4.
I use a Windows XP guest which i originally created on ubuntu 9.4

Under ubuntu 9.10 everything is running fine. I can use CDROM und share folders with host. Only USB is not working:
- I don't have USB Devices options in the Settings (when guest is powered off)
- In the machine Window under Devices -> USB Devices it says 'no available devices'

I followed these instructions WITHOUT success (playing with groups and
adding a line in fstab): http://ubuntuguide.net/enable-virtualbox-
virtual-machinesguests-usb-support

Doing this i observed the following curious things:
- there was NO group vboxusers
- neither was there a group with 'usb' in the name

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 22 11:08:38 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: virtualbox-ose-qt 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
VirtualBoxOse.DpkgList:
 ii  virtualbox-guest-additions            3.0.8-1                                    guest additions iso image for VirtualBox
 ii  virtualbox-ose                        3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1                        x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
 ii  virtualbox-ose-qt                     3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1                        x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user 
 ii  virtualbox-ose-source                 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1                        x86 virtualization solution - kernel module

** Affects: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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USB devices unavailable in VirtualBox (Windows XP guest)
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