On 10/27/2010 09:39 AM, Sam Sharpe wrote: > On 27 October 2010 15:29, Robert Karge <rkargeconsulting@xxxxxxxxx> 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. > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
