On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Agile Aspect<agile.asp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 5:46 PM, L<yuan...@gmail.com> 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@redhat.com >> 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 >
Thanks a lot, that's worked on F10. The amaze thing is that once the device is released from VB, The host OS automatically claims it, for instance, USB disk is auto mounted to host. Great, Thanks again > > -- > "We are drowning in information and starving for knowledge." > > -- > Rutherford D. Roger > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
