On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 5:46 PM, L<yuanlux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > I have F10 > Linux 2.6.27.29-170.2.79.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Aug 14 20:49:37 EDT > 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > and installed a virtualbox > > Name : VirtualBox Relocations: (not relocatable) > Version : 3.0.4_50677_fedora9 Vendor: Sun Microsystems, Inc. > Release : 1 Build Date: Wed 05 Aug > 2009 05:29:19 AM EST > > and WinXp as a guest PC. Things are running smoothly except access to > USB devices. I added the user to vboxusers group. > > When plug a USB in, I can see this device from VB window Devices -> > USB Devicves. But the USB device is grayed out. There is no way to > access it. > > I have googled this for fix. some sugegsted this is permission > problem. but I tried a few things, butall failed. > > hope some one offer a fix? > > Best > > Y > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > Try adding the following to /etc/fstab: none /sys/bus/usb/drivers usbfs devgid=503,devmode=664 0 0 And then create a group 'usb' with a group id of 503. Then mount it mount -a You'll probably need to logout and login to update your groups. This works on CentOS 5.3 - I haven't tried it on a Fedora system. I did this to get a MagicJack phone to work on CentOS 5.3 with Windows runnning as a guest OS in VirtualBox 3. The downside is you may have trouble with USB devices on the host OS. -- Agile -- "We are drowning in information and starving for knowledge." -- Rutherford D. Roger -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
