USB dialogs non-functional in 3.2.4 -> duplicate of #6983

[jpadamson]

USB Devices dialog box first appears with incorrect listing, then disappears when mouse moves into box, and will not appear again. End result is that I cannot connect to USB devices within the Guest. Device appears just fine in the host.

Only began occurring after update to Oracle VirtualBox 3.2.4, 3.2.2 was fine.

(Virtual Machine status never gets updated in VirtualBox, either. After vm shuts down, status still shows as "running" unless I close VirtualBox and restart it.)

[jpadamson]

Log file?

[Frank Mehnert]

Unfortunately I have no idea as we didn't change any related code between 3.2.2 and 3.2.4.

[CarnivorouZ]

I am getting the same errors as above while running 3.2.4 in Ubuntu Jaunty i386. The USB devices that used to show up with their correct names now appear as Unknown Devices and give the following errors when I try to attach them: Failed to attach the hard disk (/media/disk/Virtual Machines/Vista 32 Bit Virtual.vdi) to slot IDE Primary Master of the machine .

Failed to attach the hard disk (--) to slot Floppy Device 0 of the machine . Callee RC: With details: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

[jpadamson]

Frank,

I generally update VirtualBox within a few days of an update notice, so I'm reasonably certain I was running 3.2.2 prior to the 3.2.4 update, but I did have to roll back all the way to 3.1.4 to get USB working again after the 3.2.4 update. Rolling back one version didn't help.

Hope this gets found and fixed soon! (Also wish I could get VirtualBox to stop nagging me to update to 3.2.4, given that it doesn't work for me)

John

[Frank Mehnert]

The version notifier is only a minor issue. Just have a look at the global settings.

[hhedberg]

I have the same issues, RHEL 5.4 Host with Windows 7 64bit guest. Reverted to 3.1.8 to resolve issue.

[Daniel Kopelove]

I have the issue as well, Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit host with Windows XP 32-bit guest. I'm going to try reverting to 3.1.8 first to see if that fixes the issue.

[jpadamson]

Not fixed in 3.2.6, I'm afraid. Exact same behavior. Back to 3.1.4.

Oh, well, I think I like the Sun logo better anyway. ;)

John

[skv]

I'm having similar problems on Ubuntu Hardy, running an XP host. USB devices worked in 3.2.2, but in 3.2.4 and 3.2.6 the USB menu shows 'Unknown' devices at first menu activation; but here after the menu will never show again. NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) events are generated in the log while attempting to access the USB menu's.

[Michael Thayer]

Anyone having these issues might see if these testbuilds (disclaimer here) from the stable branch fix them:

​http://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBox-2010-07-21-16-31-32-lin32-3.2-3.2.7-r63866.run (32 bit version)

​http://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBox-2010-07-21-16-37-12-lin64-3.2-3.2.7-r63867.run (64 bit version)

[Frank Mehnert]

Please reopen if this problem persists with VBox 3.2.8.

[The Law]

Running 3.2.8 / Hardy Heron Host / WinXP VM - I am seeing the same issue.

Right Click VM / Settings / USB / Add Filter. I see Hard Drive, Microsoft Device (keyb) and unknown devices for USB drives.

When going back into look again, there are no devices. Right clicking on VM shows all options greyed out besides "show log"

When the VM is powered on, I click the USB icon and note the devices. Clicking on them subsequently disables icons. Restarting VM and trying again, I hover over the USB icon and receive "no devices attached". Clicking on an "unknown device" I receive the following:

Failed to attch the USB device Unknown device to the virtual machine. Argument ald is invalid (must be Guid(ald).isEmpty() == false).

Details: Callee RC: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

[Michael Thayer]

I will mark this ticket a duplicate of #6983, as the issue is handled there. The original fix was indeed a partial one which only worked with some setups. I believe we have now fixed the remaining cases.