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VirtualBox+Ubuntu: Fix USB device list not showing
#!/bin/bash
#
# Heavily inspired by https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/VirtualBox-udev-integration
#
vbox_usbnode_path=$(find / -name VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh 2> /dev/null | head -n 1)
if [[ -z $vbox_usbnode_path ]]; then
echo Warning: VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh file has not been found.
exit 1
fi
chmod 755 $vbox_usbnode_path
chown root:root $vbox_usbnode_path
vboxusers_gid=$(getent group vboxusers | awk -F: '{printf "%d\n", $3}')
vbox_rules="SUBSYSTEM==\"usb_device\", ACTION==\"add\", RUN+=\"$vbox_usbnode_path \$major \$minor \$attr{bDeviceClass} $vboxusers_gid\"
SUBSYSTEM==\"usb\", ACTION==\"add\", ENV{DEVTYPE}==\"usb_device\", RUN+=\"$vbox_usbnode_path \$major \$minor \$attr{bDeviceClass} $vboxusers_gid\"
SUBSYSTEM==\"usb_device\", ACTION==\"remove\", RUN+=\"$vbox_usbnode_path --remove \$major \$minor\"
SUBSYSTEM==\"usb\", ACTION==\"remove\", ENV{DEVTYPE}==\"usb_device\", RUN+=\"$vbox_usbnode_path --remove \$major \$minor\""
echo "$vbox_rules" > /etc/udev/rules.d/virtualbox.rules
rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/*-virtualbox.rules
udevadm control --reload
adduser `logname` vboxusers
echo All actions succeeded.
echo Log out and log in to see if the issue got fixed.
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gon1332 commented Dec 10, 2019

Run with sudo.

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vitalz commented Dec 26, 2019

Will it replace logname by a proper logged on user name? It didn't on Linux Mint in my case.

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gon1332 commented Dec 26, 2019

Will it replace logname by a proper logged on user name? It didn't on Linux Mint in my case.

Yes. If this doesn't work, just replace it with your logged on user name.

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vitalz commented Dec 26, 2019

Will it replace logname by a proper logged on user name? It didn't on Linux Mint in my case.

Yes. If this doesn't work, just replace it with your logged on user name.

Thank you. This fix resolves a VirtualBox usb issue for guest OS Windows 7 on Mac mini mid-2010 host running Linux Mint.

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Thanks works perfectly.

@maikeldf
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It worked for Ubuntu 18.04 host / Win 10 guest
Thank you

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