On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 03:31:27AM +0000, Adomputer wrote: > Virtualbox 5.1 USB devices missing. Please help!
First off, this is not necessarily a Lubuntu issue. It's something that should be applicable to all Ubuntu-based distros. It should be noted, too, that you're clearly using VirtualBox from the upstream repos rather than Ubuntu. In that case, you should probably reach out to them for support. That said, a lot depends on what what specific USB device you're using. Looking at the [instructions][1] you can see, you will need an extension pack in order to handle anything greater than USB 1.1. Also, considering you're only listing a USB keyboard, that's not something you should have to worry about. Regardless on what protocol your host input is using, you don't need to worry about specifically capturing it. VBox just does it. Beyond that you have a more fundamental issue, namely that your user is not currently in vboxusers, at least in the session you're in. You can see that it is included in /etc/group: > adamson@adamson-K43SA:~/Downloads$ cat /etc/group |grep vboxusers > vboxusers:x:125:adamson …however you can see it's not showing up in your groups: > adamson@adamson-K43SA:~/Downloads$ id > uid=1000(adamson) gid=1000(adamson) groups=1000(adamson),4(adm),6(disk),24 > (cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),109(lpadmin),124(sambashare) > adamson@adamson-K43SA:~/Downloads$ groups > adamson adm disk cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare Again, referring to the instructions, you will need to be in vboxusers since that group is the only group that has access to USB device files. In fact, there's a link to a troubleshooting [section][2] called "USB not working" that emphasizes this fact and suggests a new login or using [`newgrp`][3]. [1]: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#idm1624 [2]: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch12.html#ts_usb-linux [3]: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/newgrp.1.html -- @wxl | polka.bike C563 CAC5 8BE1 2F22 A49D 68F6 8B57 A48B C4F2 051A -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
