Hello John, On 12/25/2011 10:43 PM, John Boxall wrote: > After re-installing the host OS and installing the latest Vbox (+ ext > pack), I saw this error: > > /*Failed to access the USB subsystem.*/ > /*Could not load the Host USB Proxy Service*/ > /*(VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND). The service might not be*/ > /*installed on the host computer...*/ > > .....for the very first time. It wasn't showing up in either Debian or > Ubuntu before the rebuild, which is why it was so strange that I > couldn't see any USB devices. > > This link provided the fix: > http://www.upubuntu.com/2011/09/how-to-fix-this-virtualbox-error-failed.html Slightly late, but adding the user running VirtualBox to the "vboxusers" group (and logging out and back in again) would probably be the better fix. The fix in that link is rather invasive (for your host system) and is now deprecated but still supported.
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