usb not available in ubuntu 10.10 64-bit -> configuration problem

[nowede]

In Ubuntu 10.10/64 Bit the usb ports are all greyed out: They are not available as VBoxManage shows. Brute changing the permissions sudo chmod -R 777 /dev/bus/usb/

solves the problem, but is probably not the solultion. THe output here is from 3.2.8, but only because I installed this version because of the same problems with 3.2.10

VBoxManage list usbhost

Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.2.8 (C) 2005-2010 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved.

Host USB Devices:

UUID: 8ad525bd-04a5-480b-9181-344af26fa8c6 VendorId: 0x046d (046D) ProductId: 0xc03d (C03D) Revision: 32.0 (3200) Manufacturer: Logitech Product: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse Address: sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4/2-4.3//device:/dev/bus/usb/002/005 Current State: Unavailable

UUID: 926ae3f2-fc6f-4b63-bdf4-efa583cf4434 VendorId: 0x046d (046D) ProductId: 0xc526 (C526) Revision: 5.0 (0500) Manufacturer: Logitech Product: USB Receiver Address: sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb6/6-1//device:/dev/bus/usb/006/002 Current State: Unavailable

UUID: 5d20fcb7-b8c3-48b5-9ea4-5e900346026f VendorId: 0x08e6 (08E6) ProductId: 0x3437 (3437) Revision: 1.0 (0100) Manufacturer: Gemplus Product: USB SmartCard Reader Address: sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4/2-4.1//device:/dev/bus/usb/002/004 Current State: Unavailable

UUID: 57703a1d-0188-4cf2-b035-df2a13dbc8ce VendorId: 0x0c24 (0C24) ProductId: 0x000f (000F) Revision: 25.21 (2521) Address: sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2//device:/dev/bus/usb/003/002 Current State: Unavailable

[nowede]

I have to cancel this bug report. Someone here noticed, that vboxusers has been no system group. Changing this the problem disappeared. Strange. Sorry.

[Michael Thayer]

Thanks for letting us know.