Re: virtualbox cannot see USB anymore
On 25/06/11 11:19, H.S. wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am running an updating Testing box. For some reasons, I had to use
> Windows 7 and installed Virtualbox.
>
> First, I tried the virtualbox-ose from Debian repos until I realized it
> does not support USB. Next, I discovered I can install Virtualbox from
> Oracle to get USB support (after installing the extensions as well).
> That worked quite well. Till I updated my machine several days ago.
>
> Since that update, I keep getting a message about some USB Node creation
> script not being found during boot. The message is something like:
> $> /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh not found.
>
> However, the file does exist. Looks like virtualbox is trying to run the
> script even before the partitions are mounted. So looks like something
> changed in udev or something related. In any case, my USB support is now
> gone.
>
> Can somebody guide me as to how to fix this or how to get USB support
> with stock Debian package (preferable)?
>
> Thanks.
>
Have you installed the latest Guest Additions? If so have you run:-
# apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
since??
Cheers
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