13.37 VirtualBox and usb.
Hi all, i used to run VirtualBox on 13.1 and used this http://blog.tpa.me.uk/2010/06/14/sla...irtualbox-usb/ to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.S but i've tried this on 13.37 and it doesn't work.
It worked on 13.1 to let VM's on Virtualbox to access usb devices but can't get it working on 13.37. Can anyone help? |
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grep usbfs rc.S Code:
grep usbfs /etc/fstab Everything works as it should for me. |
Thanks dolphin, that seems to have worked :)
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Open a terminal window and enter
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users lp floppy dialout audio video cdrom plugdev power usbfs netdev scanner vboxusers Code:
usbfs:x:85:root,yourlogin,vboxusers Code:
usermod -a -G lp,usbfs,scanner,vboxusers yourlogin When you restart VirtualBox and boot a guest operating system if you right click on the icon that looks like a USB stick you ought to see USB devices display there and you should be able to click the associated box to select the device (like a printer, stick or whatever). You actually do not need to have the entry in /etc/fstab -- won't hurt but may not help; KDE's Notification will pop up when you plug in, say, a USB stick, ignore it and see if you can select the device in the guest. Hope this helps some. |
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Kind regards |
hmm..it seemed to work for Virtaulbox, but now my usb modem doesn't work? ..i've removed the line i put in fstab and rebooted but my modem doesn't respond. lsusb shows the modem...anyone have an idea what causing it? i'm using wvdial to connect to my isp.
thanks. |
Tronayne.
vboxusers:x:102:yourlogin,userid2 Would userid2 be 100 username:x:1000:100::/home/username:/bin/bash Thanks. |
Nope, userid2 would be if you have more that one user assessing VirtualBox (I do); vboxusers is a group and, on my system, it was added as group identification, GID, 102 -- yours may vary but that group needs to be there. There is no user account for VirtualBox so it's not in /etc/passwd, only in /etc/group, and it should have been added as part of the installation of VirtualBox (chapter 2 of the manual, "Installing on Linux hosts"):
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Hope this helps some. |
Yes, that's worked tronayne, without adding anything to fstab and usb modem working fine too.
Thanks for all the help :) |
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