[SOLVED] Virtualbox and usb

MQMan · 10-16-2009, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catkin

I think it may break other USB usage

Don't know. My USB usage is extrememly limited, on my Slack box.

Quote:

Originally Posted by catkin

make sure the VitualBox user is in group plugdev.

It was in both the vboxusers and plugdev, but it still didn't work, until I added that line.

Cheers.

cwwilson721 · 10-17-2009, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catkin

That is the standard advice but I think it may break other USB usage. Please correct me if I'm wrong; I reason as follows. Slackware has the plugdev group for USB devices; users in the vboxusers group are not the only users of USB file systems. If that's right a safer configuration is to leave the fstab line with devgid=<plugdev GID> and make sure the VitualBox user is in group plugdev.

EDIT:

Anyone choosing to use the vboxusers group for devgid should check the number of that group in /etc/group rather than use 102. AFAIK the VirtualBox installation procedure chooses the first free GID above 100. If 102 is already in use, vboxusers will be created with a different GID.

Was already in vboxusers group, added the line as described (Using the correct gid), and now have usb.

Thanks

cwizardone · 10-17-2009, 11:21 PM

It is all in the user's manual.