VirtualBox problem in F15

[Steven Stern]

On 05/27/2011 10:37 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On 27/05/11 22:22, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 05/28/2011 10:36 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> I haven't touched my home directory where the VM is kept, so any light
>>> on this would be welcome.
>>>
>> No info on your particular error.  I don't see your issue on my Win2K,
>> and Vista guest.  However, USBs don't work in any of my guests.  So, I'm
>> not confident in the quality of Oracle's release for F15.
>>
>> FWIW, I've put up my query on their forum and looked to see if anyone
>> posted about yours...nothing found.
>
> OK, thanks. I haven't got as far as trying the USB stuff as I can't even
> run my VM, but if USB doesn't work it's no use to me. I only run VB when
> I want to update my iPhone.
>
> poc
>

Make sure your user account is in the vboxusers group or USB won't work. 
This was a change in the 4.x series on VirtualBox.

1) as root or via sudo, edit /etc/group
2) locate the vboxusers line and add yourself after the last colon
     vboxusers:x:501:sdstern
3) save the file.
4) logout, login

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-- Steve