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03-15-09, 01:51 PM
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Hi all.
I have a problem tryng to connect USB devices to a Windows XP system running over a Virtualbox 2.1.4 machine installed in my Ubuntu 8.10 box. I have everithing configured and Virtualbox "sees" the USB devices I plug to the computer but they appear as "not available" to be plugged to the virtual machine. I found a little tutorial that shows some steps to correct this problem by changing some configuration files like /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh /etc/fstab... I found the same tutorial in some different websites, here one in Spanish: http://mispreguntasdelinux.blogspot....ntu-810-y.html Even since I have followed those steps carefully I can't still plug any USB device to my virtual Windows XP. Now I have no idea where to look and what stupid and obvious little think could I be doing wrong... Any idea?. |
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03-15-09, 08:55 PM
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"J.L." illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:51:41
+0100 by typing: [..] > Spanish: > [..] > > Even since I have followed those steps carefully I can't still plug > any USB device to my virtual Windows XP. > > Now I have no idea where to look and what stupid and obvious little > think could I be doing wrong... > > Any idea?. Yes. What sort of hardware are we talking about. The Host operating system has to release control. For instance, a USB hard drive will need to be "unmounted". Then Virtualbox will be able to use them. |
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03-15-09, 09:44 PM
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Moog wrote:
> > The Host operating system has to release control. > For instance, a USB hard drive will need to be "unmounted". Then > Virtualbox will be able to use them. > True, but doesn't that happen automagically when the guest tools are properly installed, and everything is configured properly? It does for me (I am using VMWare these days, rather than VirtualBox, but ISTR it worked without issues on VirtualBox too). Palooka |
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03-15-09, 10:14 PM
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Palooka illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> Moog wrote: >> >> The Host operating system has to release control. >> For instance, a USB hard drive will need to be "unmounted". Then >> Virtualbox will be able to use them. >> > True, but doesn't that happen automagically when the guest tools are > properly installed, and everything is configured properly? It does for > me (I am using VMWare these days, rather than VirtualBox, but ISTR it > worked without issues on VirtualBox too). It is *supposed* to. However, Virtualbox guest additions are lagging somewhat behind the Virtualbox PUEL edition. I have basically given up using USB, I am now using the guest additions "shared folders" for USB disks and standard networking for things such as printers. |
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03-15-09, 11:34 PM
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On 2009-03-15, Moog <efcmoog> wrote:
> However, Virtualbox guest additions are lagging somewhat behind the > Virtualbox PUEL edition. I have basically given up using USB, I am now > using the guest additions "shared folders" for USB disks and standard > networking for things such as printers. Does this mean that in reality you could just as well be using the open source version? I only ask as I use the so-called OSE version myself and the only major difference between this and the PUEL seemed to be the usb support. Plus I felt a little cleaner using open source :-). Andrew |
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03-16-09, 07:56 PM
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andrew illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> On 2009-03-15, Moog <efcmoog> wrote: > >> However, Virtualbox guest additions are lagging somewhat behind the >> Virtualbox PUEL edition. I have basically given up using USB, I am now >> using the guest additions "shared folders" for USB disks and standard >> networking for things such as printers. > > Does this mean that in reality you could just as well be using the open > source version? I only ask as I use the so-called OSE version myself and > the only major difference between this and the PUEL seemed to be the usb > support. Plus I felt a little cleaner using open source :-). Interesting. You could well be right. However, there are certain other features in the PUEL edition that I don't think are yet implemented. Sharing the hosts network interface is one exceptionally good reason IMHO. It makes networking as easy as ever. There's also some 3D acceleration support, although I haven't yet pushed this very far. |
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