Hello There,
I’m running virtualbox 4.30 on a OpenSuse 13.2 host. The guest system is Win7.
My problem is that not all usb filters are supported. A Wacom bamboo tablet is supported whereas a Terratec Grabby stick is not.
Does anyone have an idea why some of the filters are supported and others are not?
Regards
Stefan
On Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:36:04 +0000, sws58 wrote:
> Does anyone have an idea why some of the filters are supported and
> others are not?
That would be a good question for the Oracle Virtualbox forums. 
Jim Henderson
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Hi, @ OP: I don’t mean to be rude but, please try looking for info before you ask for help, that way you’ll gain more knowledge using linux, there are many posts or threads here and on the web for this kind of problems using virtualbox, like this one: https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/508865-no-usb-devices-detected-on-virtualbox
sorry if you feel I was a little rude, hope thi
You should specify exactly what is not working.
Are you trying to say that specific devices should be fully recognized and somehow automatically set up?
That is not the general rule of thumb and is a relatively new “feature” in may virtualization technologies.
In your case, you seem to be describing two very different types of USB devices… A fairly common input device (the Wacom) and a fairly complex video input device (the Grabby). Input devices are not nearly as difficult to support because they conform to common API. Video devices on the other hand are highly variable and may need special coding to support.
Historically, USB devices have had to be set up manually and then connections set up appropriately depending on the type of device. So, even for the Grabby you can try some of these methods but YMMV. My guess is that you should first contact Grabby support for their advice.
TSU
Maybe an update to VirtualBox 5.0.4 might have the support for what you are looking for. I agree with Jim that you might want to check it out at the Oracle Virtualbox forums.
Maybe the Extension Pack for USB 2.0 is missing or wrong Version…
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#idp46856131366864