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USB: Virtualbox - tried everything!

hi i need help, i looked all around, tried everything they told me, changed /etc/fstab:

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#usbfs
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=1002,devmode=666 0 0

, changed /etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules:

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# USB devices (usbfs replacement)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", MODE="0666"

nothing worked, cant find my usb's...
i'm running ubuntu feisty 7.04 host, and a windows xp guest.
lsusb:

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adam@adam-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 007: ID 0b05:1726 ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 006: ID 05e1:0501 Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0b05:1712 ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 03f0:7804 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c518 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

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what am i doing wrong????

Slow down and start at the beginning... Virtualbox manager cannot find your usb devices? Is this correct? And who is "they"?

The usual procedure seems to be as follows:

1. Create a group usbusers and put yourself in it. (System>Administration>Users & Groups>Manage Groups>Add Groups)

2. In a terminal, type in lsusb and note down the vendor and product ids for the devices that you want to enable. i.e. That "Hewlett-Packard " entry (a printer or scanner?) has vid:pid - 03f0:7804

3. In VirtuaBox's USB section add these devices, making sure you have the vendor and id numbers correct.

4. As a super user, edit the properties of the file /etc/udev, so that you can read and write to the file.

5. Reboot (JIC).