th Gutsy repository as some people have suggested works fine, just copy/paste these exact commands into ... looks like this:
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# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
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#mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
#domount usbfs ""... o look like this:
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# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
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mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
domount usbfs "" /... d in to the vboxusers group.
If the above doesnt work try rebooting, if that doesnt enable usb you can
The commands under "Notes for AMD64 users" below work for Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy 32 bit and are much easier ... or AMD64 users. The vditool executable above only works on 32 bit systems. If you have a 64bit system th... ool SHRINK new-file.vdi
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(These commands should actually work on both 32bit and 64bit systems).