[PLUG] Virtual box does not see usb

[Nat Taylor]

Not sure, but I think best practices would be to uninstall VB completely,
ubuntu and otherwise, then reinstall, then install extension pack.

On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Denis Heidtmann <
> denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 2:43 AM, Nat Taylor <bioborg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The Open Source Edition provided by Ubuntu does not include the
> extension
> >> pack that Oracle provides for USB compatibility.  You need to install
> the
> >> Oracle Virtualbox and then install the Extension pack:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html#extpack
> >> to get the USB  to work.  (Really) Don't think you can install the
> >> Extension pack on top of Ubuntu's install of the Open Source Edition,
> but
> >> maybe if the versions match?
> >
> >
> > I agree re: installing  Oracle Virtualbox and their extension pack.  The
> > EP version does not match Ubuntu's.  It will not install.
> >
> > Ubuntu has created a crippled VB.
> >
> > -Denis
> >
>
> This is crazy.  Yesterday I tried to install 4.3.28 EP from Oracle.  It
> would not install because of unmatched versions.  Today I found an EP for
> 4.3.10.   On trying to install it the message said that there was presently
> installed a newer version (4.3.28)!  I declined to install the older
> version.  But now the USB works.
>
> Is it possible that Ubuntu's version has the EP installed but does not
> "know" that it is  there, and the attempt to install 4.3.10 jogged its
> memory?  Or did the 4.3.10 EP (likely came from a non-Oracle source)
> malfunction in some way, either due to errors or due to evil intentions?
>
> I am way over my head.
>
> -Denis
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