can't connect to USB with centOS stream on virtualbox

[anmac1789]

Hi everyone, I am using centOS stream 9 on virtualbox on a ubuntu 20.04 host. I have installed virtualbox extensions, have updated the linux kernel headers, have added the vboxsf users group but I still can't connect USB's or my android phone to the centOS vm. Can someone please help me ?

[TrevorH]

If you cannot attach the USB device to the VM then that would be a VBox problem and you'd need to ask in a VBox venue.

If you can attach it but it isn't visible or isn't working in CentOS then that may be something to ask about here. If so then open a command prompt on the CentOS VM and run `dmesg -Tw` then attach the device to the VM and watch to see if any messages come out from the dmesg command as you do so.

[anmac1789]

If you cannot attach the USB device to the VM then that would be a VBox problem and you'd need to ask in a VBox venue.

If you can attach it but it isn't visible or isn't working in CentOS then that may be something to ask about here. If so then open a command prompt on the CentOS VM and run `dmesg -Tw` then attach the device to the VM and watch to see if any messages come out from the dmesg command as you do so.

the error I get in virtualbox is:

Failed to attach the USB device SAMSUNG_Android [0504] to the virtual machine centOS.
Failed to create a proxy device for the USB device. (Error: VERR_PDM_NO_USB_PORTS).
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005)
Component:
ConsoleWrap
Interface:
IConsole {6ac83d89-6ee7-4e33-8ae6-b257b2e81be8}

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[TrevorH]

Well that's a VBox error so you need to ask in a VBox venue - they have a forum. However at a guess based on the "Error: VERR_PDM_NO_USB_PORTS", have you added a USB controller of the right version to the VM and enabled it? That's a setting in the VBox settings for that VM.

[anmac1789]

Well that's a VBox error so you need to ask in a VBox venue - they have a forum. However at a guess based on the "Error: VERR_PDM_NO_USB_PORTS", have you added a USB controller of the right version to the VM and enabled it? That's a setting in the VBox settings for that VM.

yes, I've enabled USB 2.0

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and then reconnecting the phone under Devices --> USB --> selecting my galaxy s21 results in this error below:

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[TrevorH]

That's almost certainly a USB 3.x device.

[anmac1789]

That's almost certainly a USB 3.x device.

So If i use USB 3.0 and re-run the VM

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still getting the same message, what if the problem is that I can't add the vboxusers or vboxsf group ? How to add those ?