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Enabling USB ports in Oracle Virtualbox versions 4 & 5 - m654321 - 07-25-2015
[size=1em]Whenever I've set-up Oracle Virtualbox to test guest operating systems, there seems to be a problem with enabling the computer's USB 2.0 (in VBox version 4) or USB 3.0 ports (version 5), so that the attached devices communicate with the guest OS. I found a neat remedy at http://askubuntu.com/questions/25596/how-to-set-up-usb-for-virtualbox that I'd like to share, which worked for me...
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Essentially you need to be in a vboxusers group. Open the terminal and type in the following:
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sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers <username> (I think -a -G can alternatively be typed as -aG though I haven't tried this)[/size][size=1em]
You need to reboot or logout/login for group membership to take effect.
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When you have shutdown your virtual OS, go to Settings, within Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, then down to USB, select this, and then click on the blue icon of a USB plug with a green cross on it on the right hand side of this window. Attach various USB devices and click the green cross each time, so that the devices appear in a list under USB Device Filters (with a tick next to each one). Don't forget to click 'OK button' at the bottom-right so that the changes take effect.[size=1em]
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Regards
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Re: Enabling USB ports in Oracle Virtualbox versions 4 & 5 - Valtam - 07-25-2015
https://www.freecinema2022.gq/manual/tutorials.html#vbox
Re: Enabling USB ports in Oracle Virtualbox versions 4 & 5 - m654321 - 07-25-2015
Quote:https://www.freecinema2022.gq/manual/tutorials.html#vbox/
Thanks Jerry - I didn't see that alternative way of installing vboxuser.
Oh well, I guess I've shown another method here, using the terminal, so folks have a choice...
Mike