On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 04:42:39PM +0100, Michael Thayer wrote: > Hello Chris, > > Le mercredi 16 février 2011 à 14:45 +0000, Chris G a écrit : > > I am running a Windows XP guest uisng Virtualbox 3.2.12 in an xubuntu > > 10.04 host. > > > > I'm trying to use a remote control programmer which is a USB device, the > > device appears as a USB device in the devices menu but is greyed out so > > I can't select it. > > > > I can't "un use" the device in the Linux host because it's not a mass > > storage device that one can close there. > > > > How can I make the device available to the guest system? > Is your user on the Linux host a member of the "vboxusers" group? See > the user manual for more details. > That was the answer, thanks.
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