Well the upgrade didn’t work.

Even after I added the line in the fstab file (after using the correct gid) things didn’t work.

But I was so convinced it’s a permission thing, that I tried to run VirtualBox as root. And guess what. All the devices are now enabled and I can connect to them through the guest OS.

This confirms it’s a permission thing. Only issue is which file needs the permission change? Will let you know if I find something.

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Savio

Thanks for the reply. (I thought I’d replied earlier, but looks like it didn’t get through. Maybe I forgot to submit after writing the comment)

I did do this. but it still didn’t work. What I found weird is that the VirtualBox lists all the devices but shows them greyed out (disabled?).

Anyway, I’m going to update to the latest Virtual box (2.1.4) and see if it gets fixed. (I do believe in miracles )

Regards
Savio

1. check if you are a member of vboxusers in /etc/group

2. check if you already have the line below in /etc/fstab:

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=146,devmode=664 0 0

note: 146 should be replaced with the group id for vboxusers in /etc/group

I’ve been trying quite unsuccessfully to get this working for me. I’m running Fedora Core 10 x86_64 as the host and Windows XP as the guest on an Acer Extensa laptop.

I’ve been unable to get bluetooth to work in the virtual box nor am I able to get Windows to see the nokia I connect using a USB. The phone shows up in the list of USB devices in hte VirtualBox Menu but it’s disabled and I can’t select it so that Windows can see it.

I’m no expert with this stuff and would really appreciate any help or pointer you could give.

Thanks
Savio

Are you using the open source version?

Did you have to configure something in the guest machine?

If I open the menu “Devices > USB Devices” I get “”.

So who at Sun/Innotek is an old Amiga-fan…