Hi,

To make USB work on Intrepid: add this line to fstab:

none      /proc/bus/usb   usbfs
devgid=<number>,devmode=666          0               0

then run on a terminal:

sudo mount /proc/bus/usb


Cheers

ps: <number> = vbox group (can be found greping /etc/groups)
ps2: You have to improve your google's skills ;)


On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm running a Windows XP guest system in VirtualBox 2.0.6 (closed
> source) on an Ubuntu 8.10 system.  It all seems to be working pretty
> well except for USB.
>
> I can't get *any* USB device to work in the Windows XP guest.
> Whenever I plug a USB device in Windows says it has "Found new
> hardware" and it tries to install drivers but fails saying:-
>
>    There was a problem installing this hardware.
>
>    USB
>
>    An error occurred during the installation of the device
>
>    The data is invalid
>
> It does this twice and I end up with two "Unknown device" entries with
> a yellow exclamation mark by them in Device Drivers.
>
>
> I get the same symptoms with a USB hard drive, a USB memory stick and
> with a USB scanner which all work fine in other systems.
>
> Help!  I'm really stuck now and don't know what to try next.
>
>
> By the way what is the right sequence for installing/plugging a USB
> device when using VirtualBox?
>
> --
> Chris Green
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