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Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
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--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
@@ -920,11 +920,26 @@
<sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-usb-support">
<title>&virtualbox; USB Support</title>
- <para>The <application>&virtualbox;</application> extension
- pack is not available for &os; hosts. Without the extension
- pack, the &os; host cannot pass <acronym>USB</acronym>
- ports through to guest operating systems.</para>
- </sect2>
+ <para><application>&virtualbox;</application> can be configured
+ to pass <acronym>USB</acronym> devices through to the guest
+ operating system. The host controller of the OSE version is
+ limited to emulating <acronym>USB</acronym> 1.1 devices until
+ the extension pack supporting <acronym>USB</acronym> 2.0 and 3.0
+ devices becomes available on &os;.</para>
+
+ <para>For <application>&virtualbox;</application> to be
+ aware of <acronym>USB</acronym> devices attached to the
+ machine, the user needs to be a member of the <systemitem class="groupname">operating</systemitem>
+ group.</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pw groupmod operator -m
+ <replaceable>yourusername</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Restart the login session and
+ <application>&virtualbox</application> for these changes to take
+ effect, and create <acronym>USB</acronym> filters as
+ necessary.</para>
+ </sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="virtualization-virtualbox-host-dvd-cd-access">
<title>&virtualbox; Host

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