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USB support for VirtualBox

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Robert Karge

Wednesday, 27 October 2010 Wed, 27 Oct '10

9:29 a.m.

I have been using Fedora off/on since F3. I'm a heavy user of VirtualBox.

From F3 to F13 USB is not evident. All suggestions from Fedora sources

don't work. All other Linux Distros I have tried have automated access to USB in VirtualBox. Please help me with an absolute method. Thanks

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Manuel Escudero

Wednesday, 27 October Wed, 27 Oct

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2010/10/27 Kevin Martin <kevintm(a)ameritech.net>

On 10/27/2010 09:39 AM, Sam Sharpe wrote: > On 27 October 2010 15:29, Robert Karge <rkargeconsulting(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I have been using Fedora off/on since F3.Â I'm a heavy user of VirtualBox. >> From F3 to F13 USB is not evident.Â All suggestions from Fedora sources >> don't work.Â All other Linux Distros I have tried have automated access to >> USB in VirtualBox. >> >> Please help me with an absolute method. > VirtualBox OSE is what is packaged by RPMFusion for Fedora. That > version DOES NOT have USB Support. The reason for this is nothing to > do with Fedora and everything to do with the fact that the USB support > was not open-source licensed. > > You can read more about the two different versions of VirtualBox on > their website: > > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions > > If you need USB Support, then you need to get VirtualBox direct from them: > > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads > > And you must accept their licensing terms: > > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL > > I would assume that the other versions of Linux you have tried are > distributing the non-free version of VirtualBox. > FWIW, you can get the version packaged by Oracle via the repo below directly thru yum (save those lines in a /etc/yum.repos.d file): [virtualbox] name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox baseurl= http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/$releasever/$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc This should give you USB support. Kevin -- users mailing list users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Absolute Method: 1) Download and install Oracle's Virtualbox and all the needed software 2) Add yourself to the vboxusers group ( A quick tutorial for doing this is in: http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/05/how-to-install-virtualbox-3-2-on-fed... ) 3) In the Configuration tab of your machines, go to "USB" and add three empty filters at least 4) Plug in your desired USB devices to the machine (You can Plug all at once or one by one) and in the "USB" part of the Configuration tab of your machines go to "add filter by device" and start adding and checking all the devices you have plugged to the PC. 5) Repeat this same process with all your VM's -- <-Manuel Escudero-> Linux User #509052 @GWave: jmlevick(a)googlewave.com @Blogger: http://www.blogxenode.tk/ (Xenode Systems Blog) PGP/GnuPG: DAE3 82E9 D68E 7AE4 ED31 1F8F 4AF4 D00C 50E7 ABC6

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Kevin Martin

11:14 a.m.

On 10/27/2010 09:39 AM, Sam Sharpe wrote:

On 27 October 2010 15:29, Robert Karge <rkargeconsulting(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I have been using Fedora off/on since F3.Â I'm a heavy user of VirtualBox. > From F3 to F13 USB is not evident.Â All suggestions from Fedora sources > don't work.Â All other Linux Distros I have tried have automated access to > USB in VirtualBox. > > Please help me with an absolute method. VirtualBox OSE is what is packaged by RPMFusion for Fedora. That version DOES NOT have USB Support. The reason for this is nothing to do with Fedora and everything to do with the fact that the USB support was not open-source licensed. You can read more about the two different versions of VirtualBox on their website: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions If you need USB Support, then you need to get VirtualBox direct from them: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads And you must accept their licensing terms: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL I would assume that the other versions of Linux you have tried are distributing the non-free version of VirtualBox.

FWIW, you can get the version packaged by Oracle via the repo below directly thru yum (save those lines in a /etc/yum.repos.d file): [virtualbox] name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/$releasever/... enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc This should give you USB support. Kevin

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Erik P. Olsen

10:03 a.m.

On 27/10/10 16:29, Robert Karge wrote:

I have been using Fedora off/on since F3. I'm a heavy user of VirtualBox. From F3 to F13 USB is not evident. All suggestions from Fedora sources don't work. All other Linux Distros I have tried have automated access to USB in VirtualBox. Please help me with an absolute method. Thanks

Few days ago someone asked the same question and the answer was that the user has to be a member of the vboxusers group in order to access USB correctly. -- Erik

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Sam Sharpe

9:39 a.m.

On 27 October 2010 15:29, Robert Karge <rkargeconsulting(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I have been using Fedora off/on since F3. I'm a heavy user of VirtualBox. From F3 to F13 USB is not evident. All suggestions from Fedora sources don't work. All other Linux Distros I have tried have automated access to USB in VirtualBox. Please help me with an absolute method.

VirtualBox OSE is what is packaged by RPMFusion for Fedora. That version DOES NOT have USB Support. The reason for this is nothing to do with Fedora and everything to do with the fact that the USB support was not open-source licensed. You can read more about the two different versions of VirtualBox on their website: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions If you need USB Support, then you need to get VirtualBox direct from them: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads And you must accept their licensing terms: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL I would assume that the other versions of Linux you have tried are distributing the non-free version of VirtualBox. -- Sam

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