[ale] usb headset and virtualbox

[Jim Kinney]

Grasping at straws here...

Does USB pass through require specific devices to be configured? Maybe
thumbdrives are allowed by default and other devices need specific
permission. No idea where to set that up.
On Nov 19, 2015 3:49 PM, "Todor Fassl" <fassl.tod at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anybody have any idea why a usb headset might not show up in a list of
> devices for virtualbox? I'm running virtualbox 5.0 on ubuntu vivid. When I
> list usb devices with 'vboxmanage list usbhost', I see my usb keyboard and
> kvm but not my usb headset. In fact, I have 2 usb headsets plugged into the
> machine and neither of them are listed. They both work though. I can get
> sound from the ubuntu host through them.
>
> It's not the problem where you have to add yourself to the vboxusers
> group. If you don't do that, nothing is listed when you run 'vboxmanage
> list usbhost'. I already added myself to that group and the keyboard and
> kvm show up.
>
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> Todd
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