Comments on: How to enable USB Devices for VirtualBox Guests in Fedora 11

By: Mischa

Mischa — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:17:39 +0000

Perfect solution. Works like a charm. Finally a solution that works
Thanks

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:40:54 +0000

When changing gid of usbfs to vboxusers, as you described, my USB-printer/scanner stopped working (CUPS said: USB-Backend failing…). On my machine I had to change gid of usbfs to lp, and make any user a member of this group. This way VBox sees USB-devices, and the host continues to access printer and scanner correctly.

By: chuck97224

chuck97224 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:50:26 +0000

bug in the instructions that begin
“So, your /etc/rc.sysinit should change from:”

/etc/gr oup)
should be:
/etc/group)

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By: shlee76

shlee76 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:58:17 +0000

I’m having same problem here…..after changing as suggested. my USB mouse only can be worked in the virtual unless I turned off it.

By: shlee76

shlee76 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:56:56 +0000

It seems does not work on my machine.
I still can’t see any USB device except Mouse.

By: Rik

Rik — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:39:29 +0000

Thank’s. From all the other sites this was the only one which worked. I appreciate your information very much.

By: Steven Pirarbo

Steven Pirarbo — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:49:56 +0000

BTW: is that a mistake, or, as I read on your instructions, there’s a space between gr and oup in the rc.sysinit line for /etc/gr oup

By: Steven Pirarbo

Steven Pirarbo — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:48:09 +0000

I did exactly as you instructed – I was trying to access my cell phone via USB port – instead when I went back to boot my VBox running Windows 7, I lost access to my mouse (am using a MS Trackball connected via USB port – so, after all that, I can’t access pointer in VBox, so will have to undo rc.sysinit edits.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:49:01 +0000

I modified the /etc/rc.sysinit exactly as you posted here. I rebooted and now my Windows Vista guest is recognizing my iPod and Logitech camera. Thank you! Please continue your good work.