Javier,

On Thursday 14 August 2008, Javier Vasquez wrote:
> > I've downloaded and installed under my debian unstable amd64 machine
> > the package:
> >
> > virtualbox_1.6.4-33808_Debian_etch_amd64.deb
> >
> > And of course I've installed as well the guest additions software.

Which guest?

> > However I'm unable to use USB devices in the guest, and I'm unable to
> > use a shared folder previously set through the gui.  Which surprises
> > me is that what I thought more complex, ethernet bridging is working
> > nice, while usb + shared folders aren't...
> >
> > I've tried several suggestions found on the web, mostly associated to
> > permissions of the usbfs devices, but I haven't been lucky at all...
> > Any one which got both shared folders and usb devices working under
> > debian unstable?

USB: What is the output of

  VBoxManage list usbhost

? Are you sure that the user which is starting VBox has read access to
/proc/bus/usb/devices and read+write access to /proc/bus/usb/*/*?

Shared folders: This depends on the guest.

Kind regards,

Frank
-- 
Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert    Sun Microsystems    http://www.sun.com/

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