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On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:41 AM, David Kramer <david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org> wrote: >... > I see all sorts of tutorials online that refer to there being a > button/icon that lists USB devices that I can choose to take control of, > but I don't see one. > > This is what I have installed: > $ dpkg-query -l '*virtualbox*' | grep ii > ii ?virtualbox-guest-additions > ? 3.2.8-1~lucid1 > ? guest additions iso image for VirtualBox > ii ?virtualbox-ose > ? 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1~lucid1 > ? x86 virtualization solution - base binaries > ii ?virtualbox-ose-dkms > ? 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1~lucid1 x86 > ? virtualization solution - kernel module > ii ?virtualbox-ose-qt > ? 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1~lucid1 > ? x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user You have the fully open source version installed (OSE). The USB functionality is not included in that version. This web page gives info on the different editions: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions The OSE version are fully GPL'ed and included in the standard Ubuntu repositories. The PUEL version are not and have to be obtained directly from virtualbox.org. I don't know if you can use a VM created with the OSE version with the PUEL executable, but you could give it a try. I would start with the equivalent PUEL version which can be found on this page: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_3_2 Good Luck, Bill Bogstad
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