Access "Devices" > "USB Devices" makes impossible to access any of the "Devices" submenues again - fixed as of 2010/11/18)

[goodwill]

This started with 3.2.4

After accessing "Devices" > "USB Devices" once all the submenus ("CD/DVD Devices", "Floppy Devices") disappear.

See the attached error log starting with:

00:01:06.682 ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057) aIID={6375231a-c17c-464b-92cb-ae9e128d71c3} aComponent={Console} aText={Argument aId is invalid (must be Guid(aId).isEmpty() == false)} aWarning=false, preserve=false

[goodwill]

Small update, I downgraded to 3.2.2 and 3.2.0 and 3.1.8

The problem actually started at 3.2.0.

[Christian Höltje]

I have gotten the same error when trying to attach a USB micro sd reader. In addition to the symptoms mentioned, if I quit the VM session then VirtualBox show it as still running.

[Michael Thayer]

I think this might be the same issue as #7158.

[Michael Thayer]

Could those experiencing these issues check whether they are related to specific USB devices and if so, attach the output of "lsusb -vv" for those devices?

[Michael Thayer]

And can you also attach or paste (depending on length) the output of "VBoxManage list usbhost" after the problem occurs?

[BillC]

I'm having the same issue running on Mac OSX, also like docwhat the VM session shows as running even after shutting down.

The VBoxManage list usbhost of the relevant USB device:

UUID: f8d0b477-82c5-4da9-909b-52cef5174814
VendorId: 0x15a4 (15A4)
ProductId: 0x1336 (1336)
Revision: 1.0 (0100)
Manufacturer: Generic
Product: Mass Storage Device
SerialNumber: 00000000000006
Address: p=0x1336;v=0x15a4;s=0x0000072d0423354b;l=0xfd100000
Current State: Unavailable

Error shown in Virtual Box:

Failed to attach the USB device Unknown device to the virtual machine Ubuntu. USB device 'Generic Mass Storage Device' with UUID {27c32762-09e0-49fb-8471-2aa437dec084} is not in the right state for capturing (PhysDetached).

Details:

Result Code: NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057)
Component: HostUSBDevice
Interface: IHostUSBDevice {173b4b44-d268-4334-a00d-b6521c9a740a}
Callee: IConsole {6375231a-c17c-464b-92cb-ae9e128d71c3}

[Michael Thayer]

I believe that this is fixed in our source code. (This applies to Linux hosts only.) These test builds (disclaimer here) contain the potential fix:

​http://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBox-2010-07-21-16-31-32-lin32-3.2-3.2.7-r63866.run (32 bit version)

​http://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBox-2010-07-21-16-37-12-lin64-3.2-3.2.7-r63867.run (64 bit version)

Confirmations - positive or negative - are welcome.

[Michael Thayer]

It turned out that this was only fixed in one code path - please see ticket #7733 for the follow-up.