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usb devices greyed out in VirtualBox 4.0 on Ubuntu 10.10

Asked by Louis Townsend

USB devices are greyed out in VirtualBox 4.0 on Ubuntu 10.10. Followed all instructions from install of VB 4.0. Any ideas on this?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

The opensource virtualbox doesn't have USB support. You will need the closed one to get USB access.

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Louis Townsend (lou-thenacc) said : 		#2

I am using the closed one from Oracle. There is full support for USB through an extension pack that has to be installed with the 4.0 version. I've retried each step of the process and still devices are greyed out.

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Louis Townsend (lou-thenacc) said : 		#3

Thanks everyone. I deleted the USB devices in the settings for the machines and then readded them. The devices are now visible in each machine.