Hi Pablo, Thanks for your reply!
I could solve the problem by following the last of the steps you described. Even if this introduces a security hole, I am willing to accept this for a while. Finally I can solve all my problems without having to rely on a dual-boot installation anymore :) I would like to thank the developers of VirtualBox (and cygwin) to make it so easy to work on Microsoft problems/projects proposed by clients without having to resign on a unix / linux environment. Pablo Sanchez wrote: >> Subject: [vbox-users] Not permitted to open the USB >> [...] >> Failed to attach the USB device PLEXTOR DVDR PX-750A [0418] to >> the virtual machine winxp. >> >> Not permitted to open the USB device, check usbfs options. >> [...] > > I'm going to 'guess' that this is the same situation with openSUSE 10 - see > the thread 'HOWTO: USB + openSUSE 10.2 + VirtualBox 1.3.6 (updated) Here - just to remember - some lines of the thread you are mentioning: Pablo Sanchez wrote ( http://vbox.innotek.de/pipermail/vbox-users/2007-March/000979.html ): [...] > Preconditions > ============= > VirtualBox must not be installed; uninstall it in order for it to 'see' the > changes. You can install it before the kernel re-compilation or after. > > # rpm --erase VirtualBox > > How to re-add USB support > ========================= > 1) Install the following kernel packages > > - kernel-source > - kernel-syms > > 2) Recompile and install the openSUSE 10.2 stock kernel with: > > CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y I already had done this following the indications in the manual, paragraph `2.2.2. Support for external kernel modules'. In my case the kernel headers where not enough and I had to provide the kernel sources and to compile the kernel locally. I used the configuration which was installed with my last kernel and `CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y' was already specified: grep CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS /boot/config-2.6.18-4-686 CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y The only thing I had to do was to add the following line to /etc/fstab, as you mentioned in your mail (there was no "old 'usbfs' entry" in my case): > 3) Comment out the old 'usbfs' entry in /etc/fstab and replace it with: > > /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults,devmode=666 0 0 > > Note: devmode=666 will allow _anyone_ on your machine to access > /dev/bus/usb; > this is a security hole > > Postconditions > ============== > Re-install VirtualBox > > Additional resources > ==================== > The following link provides the crux of the solution: > > http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=27788 > > Cheers, > -pablo Thanks for your help! Dietrich _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
