On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 18:18 -0400, Gary Waters wrote: > On 05/28/2011 01:49 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On 28/05/11 10:26, Steven Stern wrote: > >> On 05/27/2011 10:37 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >>> On 27/05/11 22:22, Ed Greshko wrote: > >>>> On 05/28/2011 10:36 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >>>>> I haven't touched my home directory where the VM is kept, so any light > >>>>> on this would be welcome. > >>>>> > >>>> No info on your particular error. I don't see your issue on my Win2K, > >>>> and Vista guest. However, USBs don't work in any of my guests. So, I'm > >>>> not confident in the quality of Oracle's release for F15. > >>>> > >>>> FWIW, I've put up my query on their forum and looked to see if anyone > >>>> posted about yours...nothing found. > >>> > >>> OK, thanks. I haven't got as far as trying the USB stuff as I can't even > >>> run my VM, but if USB doesn't work it's no use to me. I only run VB when > >>> I want to update my iPhone. > >>> > >>> poc > >>> > >> > >> Make sure your user account is in the vboxusers group or USB won't work. > >> This was a change in the 4.x series on VirtualBox. > >> > >> 1) as root or via sudo, edit /etc/group > >> 2) locate the vboxusers line and add yourself after the last colon > >> vboxusers:x:501:sdstern > >> 3) save the file. > >> 4) logout, login > > > > Cerainly. I started using the 4.x series on F14 and already dealt with this. > > > > I'm afraid it doesn't do anything for my original problem though (Ed has > > a USB problem; I don't or at least have no indication that I do since I > > can't get that far). > > > > poc > > > > Once I had everything in place I had to go into the setttings for each > VDI and add USB filters for each device. Once I did that everything fell > into place perfectly. Once again: thanks all the same but I do not have a problem with USB. My original question has nothing to do with USB, in fact it doesn't even mention it. If I get as far as being able to run my VM then perhaps I *will* have a USB problem, though I don't think so. If that day comes then I'll be sure to ask again. poc -- 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
