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On Mon, 2014-04-14 at 21:42 +0100, Kevin Lucas wrote: > On Mon, 2014-04-14 at 21:09 +0100, bad apple wrote: > > On 14/04/14 20:48, George Parker wrote: > > > I'm having trouble getting Vbox to see usb running Win XP. I run Mint 16 > > > and had the supplied version 4.2 running with guest additions. I thought > > > the extension pack might help but had compatibility issues. So, I > > > installed latest version 4.31 with guest additions and extension pack > > > with no joy. > > > > > > Anybody any suggestions? Could it be that my mouse is usb so not > > > allowing the guest to use it? > > > > > > George > > > > > > > I take it you mean "4.3.10"? Presuming that you are using the official > > Oracle package (not the OSE version) and have the extension pack > > installed, you shouldn't have any problems: I have several XP instances > > running in VBox on Linux hosts with no issues. Did you fully purge all > > of the old versions of VirtualBox prior to installing the latest version? > > > > Is your problem that you can't map physical USB devices to the XP VM > > properly? That works here as well. > > > > Clarify a little bit so we can get to the bottom of it. > > > > Regards > > > > I am running 4.3.2.r90405 > > with no trouble using USB in Xp > do you see it in Devices? > > Also do you have the Guest Addons Cd (iso) inserted? > -- > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > Regards > > Kevin Lucas > Minions Post Master(Sub) > A dedicated Linux user > /usr/bin/microsoft > Skype minions_shop > www.minionsbandb.co.uk > www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk > FaceBook Minions_shop > Po House, Minions, > Liskeard Cornwall > PL14 5LE > 01579363386 > > > > > > -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) A dedicated Linux user /usr/bin/microsoft Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq