On 05/28/2011 06:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > 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 > My heartfelt apologies. I saw the word USB everywhere and figured, naturally, that USB was involved. None of my VDI's worked either. I simply removed, hit new, and re-added them with "use existing hard disk." Everything fell into place. I'm sure this will be of little assistance, but I enjoy typing into the great void. GW -- 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
