On 05/03/11 17:50, Richard Shaw wrote:
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:05 PM, JD<jd1008(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/03/11 15:54, Richard Shaw wrote:
>> The way USB devices work in virtualbox is not very intuitive. Have you
>> tried adding empty filters instead (the first button with the small
>> blue circle)?
>>
>> The + button is for adding devices that you want mapped to your VM by
>> default (on VM startup). Adding empty filters will match any USB
>> device and will not be mapped until you enable them from your virtual
>> machine via the USB icon in the lower right of the window.
>>
>> Richard
> Yes Richard. I did indeed first try an empty filter.
> I still get no devices available.
>
> I think this must be caused by latest VBox release.
Yeah, I think you have a VBox issue at this point. You do have the
VBox extension pack installed, right? USB support it now there instead
of in the main package.
Richard
Indeed I do. But even after they were installed,
vbox says they are not.
Go figure!