On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 06:24:49PM +0000, Armindo Silva wrote: > 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 ;) > I've already done that and all the other stuff in the FAQ, it all *seems* to work when looking from the VirtualBox host, and Windows XP recognises that it has USB devices. They just don't actually work (as described below).
> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [3]http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > -- > > -- > "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a > little way past them into the impossible." > Sir Arthur C. Clarke > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
