sikhwarrior Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Im running ubuntu 12.10 and using virtual box with windows 7 to run windows specfic software and i am trying to connect a usb but i get this error " VirtualBox is not currently allowed to access USB devices. You can change this by adding your user to the 'vboxusers' group. Please see the user manual for a more detailed explanation." can anyone help me out on this please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Did you add your user to that group? I don't have Ubuntu up and running right now, but http://maketecheasier.com/add-remove-user-to-groups-in-ubuntu/2012/07/30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted January 12, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted January 12, 2013 You need to add Guest Additions to it. http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikhwarrior Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Already have got that user added, even checked properties my account is signed to it. Already have guest additions installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelyapple Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 This is obvious but... did you log off and log in again/rebooted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikhwarrior Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Yeah its working now after turning it all off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhunter Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 It gave me some headache to set it up, especiallly due to the headers thing Used KVM later and was good.Just works.But no USB ofcourse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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