Try this link to my technical web site. It explains fully what is required and what worked for me with Fedora 11. Please let me know how this works for you.
http://www.databook.bz/?page_id=1532 -- ********************************************************* David P. Both, RHCE Millennium Technology Consulting LLC 919-389-8678 [email protected] www.millennium-technology.com www.databook.bz - Home of the DataBook for Linux DataBook is a Registered Trademark of David Both On Monday 24 August 2009 14:34:44 Joep L. Blom wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Joep L. Blom wrote: > >> Thanks for your reply. > >> Yes. I have USB enables and tried to add a filter for the device. > >> However, it sometimes says "Unknown device 1130:6801 [0302] and > >> sometimes it gives the line "Tenx Technology". > >> I can enable the filter for "unknown device 1130:6801 [0302] but when I > >> start the guest and look at the Devices menu the filter line is seen but > >> grayed out. > >> I have no idea how to enable the USB and I don't know much of XP so I > >> cannot see if e.g. the USB drivers are installed. In the hardware item > >> in the configuration menu 2 USB main hubs are displayed and said to be > >> "working correct" but I don't know if I have to believe that. > >> Maybe you can shed some light on this problem. > >> Joep > >> > > This has been covered several times on the list, and is covered in > > the documentation - the user you are running as does not have > > permission to access the USB device(s) that are grayed out. In your > > case, you probably do not have permission to access any of the > > devices. This has to be changed in the host OS... > > > > Mikkel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vbox-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > Mikkel, > Sorry for asking the obvious but I haven't found it in the manual. The > paragraph on USB does only tell you to be subscribed to the vboxusers > group as I did. I have no idea which permissions have to be set, > especially as vbox is started from the user account (and not from root). > I have permissions for networkdevices, disks so I can use my > peripherals, however, USB devices not. If you can give me a hint where I > have to look I would be grateful. > Joep > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
