The solution to this problem can be found here: http://www.bgevolution.com/blog/index.php/virtualbox-on-gutsy-gibbon- ubuntu-710-usb-enable/
Copied below without permission VirtualBox on Gutsy Gibbon Ubuntu 7.10: USB Enable Posted on October 21, 2007 by nseidm1. Categories: 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon, fstab, usb, virtualbox. By default the USB Host system, when installed on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, is disable. To enable it is extremely simple. You can do it manually with “nano” or “gedit”. Open the following file: sudo nano /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh or: sudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh In this configuration file there is the following section: —————————————————————————- # # Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work # #mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs #domount usbfs “” /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmo$ #ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices #mount –rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb ————————————————————————————— To enable USB support simple remove the “#” sign in from the the bottom 4 lines so that the section looks like this: ————————————————————————————— # # Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work # mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs domount usbfs “” /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmo$ ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices mount –rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb ———————————————————————————— Don’t forget to add the following line in your /etc/fstab configuration file (this is required to successfully mount USB devices in your VirtualBox guest OS): usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=1001,devmode=664 0 0 -- [gutsy] virtualbox-ose should handle errors caused by lack of USB support gracefully https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148784 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
