Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml =================================================================== --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml @@ -920,11 +920,26 @@ &virtualbox; USB Support - The &virtualbox; extension - pack is not available for &os; hosts. Without the extension - pack, the &os; host cannot pass USB - ports through to guest operating systems. - + &virtualbox; can be configured + to pass USB devices through to the guest + operating system. The host controller of the OSE version is + limited to emulating USB 1.1 devices until + the extension pack supporting USB 2.0 and 3.0 + devices becomes available on &os;. + + For &virtualbox; to be + aware of USB devices attached to the + machine, the user needs to be a member of the operator + group. + + &prompt.root; pw groupmod operator -m + yourusername + + Restart the login session and + &virtualbox for these changes to take + effect, and create USB filters as + necessary. + &virtualbox; Host