[ale] usb headset and virtualbox

Todor Fassl fassl.tod at gmail.com
Fri Nov 20 12:00:17 EST 2015


Bummer. I upgraded to 5.0 because of a bug in 4.3 that caused vb to fail 
to recognize when the host had vt-x turned on. I couldn't create any 
64-bit vms because of that bug. As I recall, it recognized my USB 
headsets though.

Well, as I said in another message, a third USB headset worked. Maybe 
they'll get both bugs fixed in some future release.

	
On 11/20/2015 07:25 AM, Sergio Chaves wrote:
> The Ubuntu list mentions several issues like yours. The most popular
> answer was to downgrade VB to 4.3.32 to get all the USB devices recognized.
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com
> <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Grasping at straws here...
>
>     Does USB pass through require specific devices to be configured?
>     Maybe thumbdrives are allowed by default and other devices need
>     specific permission. No idea where to set that up.
>
>     On Nov 19, 2015 3:49 PM, "Todor Fassl" <fassl.tod at gmail.com
>     <mailto:fassl.tod at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Anybody have any idea why a usb headset might not show up in a
>         list of devices for virtualbox? I'm running virtualbox 5.0 on
>         ubuntu vivid. When I list usb devices with 'vboxmanage list
>         usbhost', I see my usb keyboard and kvm but not my usb headset.
>         In fact, I have 2 usb headsets plugged into the machine and
>         neither of them are listed. They both work though. I can get
>         sound from the ubuntu host through them.
>
>         It's not the problem where you have to add yourself to the
>         vboxusers group. If you don't do that, nothing is listed when
>         you run 'vboxmanage list usbhost'. I already added myself to
>         that group and the keyboard and kvm show up.
>
>         --
>         Todd
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