Virtual Box USB PROBLEM

[psychok7]

Hi there,i have a usb problem in my virtual box.. i managed to correct ir by typing:

# VBOX=$(grep vboxusers /etc/group | sed 's/vboxusers:\(.*\):.*/\1/')
# sudo mount -t usbfs -o devgid=$VBOX,devmode=664,nodev,noexec,nosuid none /proc/bus/usb

my problem is, everytime i star VB i have to do this comands on the console, how can i make this comands run automatically everytime my ubuntu starts??
cheers

[fjgaude]

I don't know much about VBox but in VMware Server you have to do two things in Gutsy 7.10:

Uncomment lines 42-45 lines starting with #mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs

gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh

    	mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
	domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
	ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
	mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

Than if necessary, add this line to your fstab file in /etc:

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto 0 0

That should do it for USB drives, scanners, printers, etc.

Let us know how you do.

[psychok7]

I don't know much about VBox but in VMware Server you have to do two things in Gutsy 7.10:

Uncomment lines 42-45 lines starting with #mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs

gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh

    	mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
	domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
	ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
	mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

Than if necessary, add this line to your fstab file in /etc:

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto 0 0

That should do it for USB drives, scanners, printers, etc.

Let us know how you do.

well did that and it didnt work...the codes i put in the beginning work for sure, it just that i dont know how to make it start everytime my computer starts.do you?

[fjgaude]

I'm far from any expert but I'd put your two commands in a script and then give it a name. Then add that file to the init.d.

Someone here has got to know how to do this.

OTOH, gosh, there are lots of folks using USB devices in VBox that has not had to do what you are doing.

You did reboot after you did what I suggested?

[psychok7]

sorry dude, i forgot to reboot. it actually works, and i didnt need to edit the fstab.. thanks

[psychok7]

by the way i tried vmware workstation, and virtual box is much more faster then vmware. if u havent tried give it a try

[fjgaude]

Okay, wonderful... the fstab addition has been needed by some when using USB flash drives. It seems to be some kind of race issue with the scipts that makeup the startup of Ubuntu. It's an overkill but needed for these kinds of flash drives.

Thanks for hanging in there and achieving success... so sweet.