virtualbox cant access usb devices

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#1

hello
i am using virtualbox 4.1.4 (the latest build from yast) on opensuse 11.4 gnome, kernel-desktop.
i cant access usb devices from the guest operating systems.
i have installed guest additions and the wxtension pack.
i looked at virtualbox forums and nothing solves the problem.
any idea?

#2

Remove the ‘#’ character in the last 2 lines of /etc/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules.

#3

Here is the contents of the text file 60-vboxdrv.rules as found on the guest VM being ran under VirtualBox:

KERNEL=="vboxdrv", NAME="vboxdrv", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"
#these two lines give access permission to vboxusers to properly work with usb nodes, this could be security risk (bnc#664520) !!
#
#SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device",ATTR{devnum}=="?*",ATTR{busnum}=="?*",SYMLINK+="vboxusb/$attr{busnum}/$attr{devnum}",RUN+="/usr/bin/setfacl -m g:vboxusers:6 /dev/vboxusb/$attr{busnum}/$attr{devnum}"
#SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device",ATTR{devnum}=="?*",ATTR{busnum}=="?*",SYMLINK+="vboxusb/$attr{busnum}/$attr{devnum}",RUN+="/usr/bin/setfacl -m g:vboxusers:6 /dev/vboxusb/$attr{busnum}/$attr{devnum}"

Very good information** Klaph** and thanks for your help.

Thank You,

#4

thanx
works like a charm

#5

jdmcdaniel3 wrote:

>
> Here is the contents of the text file 60-vboxdrv.rules as found on
the
> guest VM being ran under VirtualBox:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> KERNEL==“vboxdrv”, NAME=“vboxdrv”, OWNER=“root”, GROUP=“root”,
> MODE=“0600”
> #these two lines give access permission to vboxusers to properly
work
> #with usb nodes, this could be security risk (bnc#664520) !!
> #
>
#SUBSYSTEM==“usb_device”,ATTR{devnum}=="?",ATTR{busnum}=="?",SYMLINK+=“vboxusb/$attr{busnum}/$attr{devnum}”,RUN+="/usr/bin/setfacl
> #-m g:vboxusers:6 /dev/vboxusb/$attr{busnum}/$attr{devnum}"
>
#SUBSYSTEM==“usb”,ENV{DEVTYPE}==“usb_device”,ATTR{devnum}=="?",ATTR{busnum}=="?",SYMLINK+=“vboxusb/$attr{busnum}/$attr{devnum}”,RUN+="/usr/bin/setfacl
> #-m g:vboxusers:6 /dev/vboxusb/$attr{busnum}/$attr{devnum}"
>
> --------------------
>
>
> Very good information* Klaph* and thanks for your help.
>
> Thank You,
>
>
I have simular problem, Guest does not see all usb devices. I looked at
my host (opensuse 11.4) and there is no 60-vboxdrv.rules in
/etc/udev/rules.d.
there is a 10-vboxdrv.rules.

KERNEL==“vboxdrv”, NAME=“vboxdrv”, OWNER=“root”, GROUP=“root”,
MODE=“0600”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb_device”, ACTION==“add”,
RUN+="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh $major $minor
$attr{bDeviceClass}"
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ACTION==“add”, ENV{DEVTYPE}==“usb_device”,
RUN+="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh $major $minor
$attr{bDeviceClass}"
SUBSYSTEM==“usb_device”, ACTION==“remove”,
RUN+="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh --remove $major $minor"
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ACTION==“remove”, ENV{DEVTYPE}==“usb_device”,
RUN+="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh --remove $major $minor"

Note it is different than yours. When I installed vbox it was a new
install done the hardway.

In my case if I unplug the device and then replug it in, the device is
seen.

If I should report as bug or start a new thread let me know and I will.

Forgot to mention my guest is Win XP.

Russ
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“release 10”|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-
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