Michael Thayer wrote:
> Hello Jim and Dave,
>
> Dave Plater wrote:
>> Then your problem is most probably distribution specific and may be a
>> result of a line that was in /etc/fstab before installation and is now
>> causing a problem.
> [snip]
>> I am
>> assuming that vbox makes use of hal for usb nowadays.
> Dave, you are correct. VirtualBox 2.1.2 and later should not require
> usbfs to be mounted, in /etc/fstab or anywhere else. That said,
> everything should still work if it is (correctly) mounted.
>
> Jim, I assume that you have not mounted usbfs. I would be interested in
> anything that you find out about this issue (most of all, a way in which
> I can reproduce it!) There are clearly some bugs lurking in the new USB
> support, but of course, it all works fine here...
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
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I would be happy to supply any info I can.
I have not mounted usbfs.
I have to believe there is a permission issue somewhere.
Although not in /dev/bus/usb. I have modified these ( as root ) in
almost every fashion you can imagine.
I don't know what other permissions to view/change (possibly in /proc ?).
--
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-- Alfred North Whitehead
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