Re: virtualbox cannot see USB anymore
On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:10:52 -0400, H.S. wrote:
> On 25/06/11 04:58 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>> Updates can to bork VM settings. You can try Steve's suggestion or even
>> be a bit more radical and test with a complete "~/.VirtualBox"
>> empty/new profile (do not delete the old one, just move it to another
>> place).
>>
>>
>>
> So here is what I did. Purged Oracle's virtual box, removed my
> ~/.VirtualBox. Purged the package's installation directory (had some
> modules that aptitude didn't remove) and followed that by installing
> Debian's Virtualbox package. I then installed the extension I am using
> from Oracle's website.
He, that's even a more radical step than I suggested :-)
> Now I have USB support and I can read USB sticks from within the guest
> OS. However, I am unable to work my Tomtom GPS unit via USB. Not sure
> where the problem lies anymore, since the Tomtom unit actually connects
> as a network or something, instead of a storage device. So it could be
> Tomtom (but I was able to work with it till about a couple of weeks ago)
> or the new updates in Debian.
Are you getting any error in VM machine that let you Google for that?
Also, visit VirtualBox forums and search for "tomtom", just in case.
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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