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You should never add that line in fstab in Gentoo. Don't follow random |
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tutorials about random distro workarounds. Gentoo bootscripts mount usbfs on |
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boot with gid=group=usb, so if you want to give user permissions for usbfs, |
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you add yourself to the "usb" group, you don't need to do anything else, and |
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Virtualbox will work (of course you also need to be in the vboxusers group). |
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Anyway, usbfs is not actually needed anymore, it has been replaced by usb |
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/dev/ entries. VirtualBox will use usbfs if it is mounted, but if it is not, |
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usb will work with the new improved way (better permission handling, for |
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printers for example). I don't now of any application that works only with |
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usbfs anymore, maybe it is time to remove it (or make it optional) from the |
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default gentoo boot-scripts. |
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On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:28 PM, SpaceCake <spacecakex@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I have a problem with accessing usb devices from virtualbox after some |
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> kernel/system update. Previously it was ok after I've added the following |
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> line to the fstab |
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> usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs |
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> devgid=1017,devmode=664 0 0 |
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> but now, there is no /proc/bus/usb |
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> how can I enable USB access for a regular user in this new situation? |
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> Should I modify some kernel parameters? should I enable CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS |
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> or there is some alternative solution? |
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> Thanks |
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> Laszlo |
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