| Arthur S. Alexion on 30 Dec 2009 06:27:50 -0800 |
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On Wednesday 30 December 2009 08:39:47 Casey Bralla wrote: > You are probably using the "ose" version of VirtualBox, which does not > include USB support. The ose version is the fully GPL'd open source > system. In order to get USB support, you have to download the binary > version from VirtualBox.org. They have Debian packages, which I presume > will work in Ubuntu. Their download page shows you how to add the > VirtualBox repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. Once there, > Ubuntu can automatically download and install it just like any other > package. > On Wednesday 30 December 2009 09:18:14 Andrew Holden wrote: > From http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ > USB: if you are having trouble accessing USB devices in a guest, make > sure that you are a member of the vboxusers system group. > > There are a couple of good step by step help guides to doing that. > > Also, I know we all hate to reboot our Linux boxes but I found that > after all these changes were made a reboot made Virtualbox show up in > the application menu and also made the USB devices show non-gray in > the device list. Yay - I was happy even if uptime was reset to zero... > > Oh, and I just realized that it sounds like you're not even seeing > your devices grayed out in the device menu, I think that might mean > you have to set up USB filters in the main Virtualbox application > (with the VM shut down). I think that's what tells Virtualbox whether > that particular USB device is available to that VM - otherwise it > could get confused. You may not need to do that, but it's a > possibility. > > Hope this all helps, > Thanks to both of you. This helps very much as I am using the Open Source Edition. One last question, before I destroy everything, is this a smooth upgrade in the sense that the closed source install will be able to access my existing VMs and not break them? -- Art Alexion Attachment:
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