Dave Plater wrote:
> Jim Whitby wrote:
>> Dave Plater wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Whitby wrote:
>>>
>>>> Getting a usb device ( blackberry, thumb drive, etc ) to work with vbox
>>>> is getting interesting.
>>>>
>>>> The anomaly appears to be somewhere in permissions, but I can't find it.
>>>>
>>>> If I am logged in ( kde ) and insert a usb device, it shows up ok and is
>>>> accessible from the desktop.
>>>>
>>>> If I start vbox it isn't available to vbox.
>>>>
>>>> If leave it plugged in, logoff and logon, it is available to vbox.
>>>>
>>>> I have checked everything I know of. udev rules are set as vbox wants,
>>>> vboxusers exists and I am a member.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any advice?
>>>>
>>>> Thx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> If you are using the ose version from suse repository it doesn't support
>>> usb. If you are using the binary from
>>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads it has usb support and
>>> the latest version works out of the box with usb but you must uninstall
>>> any other versions first. The new 2.1 versions setup everything and even
>>> work with ipods nowadays.
>>> Regards
>>> Dave P
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks, I do not have the OSE version.
>>
>>
> I assume you have the latest version 2.1.4 and have looked under
> "settings - usb " and all the correct check boxes there are checked and
> when you click the icon with the green +, on the right hand side of the
> window, you can see no devices or the devices displayed are not enabled?
> Anything else ie. fstab entries is distro specific and I am only
> familiar with suse.
> Regards
> Dave P
>
>
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