Getting USB support working in virtualbox under Ubuntu gutsy
0) for general important info for virtualbox on gutsy, see FAQ:
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1) you need to close-source version of virtualbox for USB support (sigh!)
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2) You need to re-activate proc/bus/usb, 'and' add a group 'usbfs' and modify usb-permissions,
all the relevant info is found in this thread:
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