[xubuntu-users] [14.04 64Bit]-How Do I Use USB Gamepads/Joysticks?

[Jesse Palser]

On 12/05/2014 07:20 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 17:26:37 -0600, Ince, Wilbur wrote:
>> At the bottom right of the vbox window is a control for you usb items,
>> you can control if they are added to the vbox session there.
> I check USB devices in VBox's devices menu.
> I don't know what version of VBox is provided by the Ubuntu
> repos, virtualbox > 4.3.12 has broken USB support.
> Are the USB devices accessible by Linux? A VBox guest only can use
> them, if the Linux host provides them.
>
Hi,

I got it working, thanks!
I am using the current VirtualBox from their website
and have installed Windows guest additions.

The problem was that I did not add my Linux user to "vboxusers" group.
Everything now works as expected.

Jesse