Hi Bruce, Ok, let me check that I clearly understand what you have setup. 1. You have the latest VBox installed (VirtualBox-4.3.20-96996). 2. You have the matching Extension Pack installed (Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.20-96996.vbox-extpack). 3. You have some guest OS installed with the corresponding Guest Additions installed. 4. In the Guest settings you’ve setup the USB ports by enabling the USB controller and the USB 2 controller.
Then, with or without the guest running, in the GUI settings under Ports/USB you don’t show any devices, correct? What happens when you click on the “+” button on the right side of the devices window? It should show every USB device on the host OS including the Thumb drive if it is inserted. Select the one you want to attach to and check the box on the left to enable the guest to access it. Depending on the guest OS you may have to reboot the guest OS to get it to see the just setup device assuming that the guest drivers for the device are installed. Something else to check is that, with the guest running, the VBox Devices/USB drop down menu should show all USB devices on the host OS regardless of whether the guest has access to them or not. In my case I see the Thumb drive, but it is greyed out because I don’t have it enabled for the guest at this time so I can use it on the host. All the above is the same for all host OSs. I’m actually running OSx as the host, but it is very similar to Linux. If your setup is as listed above and you don’t see any USB devices with the thumb drive inserted then your problem is beyond me. Hope this helps. Cliff > On Dec 4, 2014, at 12:10 AM, Bruce Ferrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > the virtualbox GUI, under devices/USB, says no devices attached. There are > no filters set. > > Where might I look to troubleshoot this? > > > > On 12/03/2014 03:45 PM, Cliff Scott wrote: >> What does VBox see it as? Did you setup the “filter” for the USB Thumb Drive >> and enable that also in the Guest setup in VBox? >> >> Cliff >> >> >>> On Dec 3, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Bruce Ferrell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have the extensions installed and the USB "stuff" enabled for the guest >>> OS. The host is OpenSUSE 13.2 and the thumb drive is recognized as /dev/sdc >>> and is formatted vfat on >>> /dev/sdc1. When I attempt to connect the USB thumb drive, virtualbox says >>> no devices connected. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
