[OpenIndiana-discuss] USB drives in VirtualBox 7.1.10

Tue Jul 22 10:00:29 UTC 2025

On 7/20/25 12:05, russell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Used google on some of the error messages which appeared to indicate 
> that the vbox usb driver was not loaded, so checking with modinfo
>
> # modinfo | grep vbox 205 fffffffff5f1c5d0 cc8 310 1 vboxnet 
> (VirtualBox NetAdp 7.1.10r169112) 207 fffffffff5f77000 61508 308 1 
> vboxdrv (VirtualBox HostDrv 7.1.10r16911) 221 fffffffff6029000 4f98 37 
> 1 vboxusbmon (VirtualBox USBMon 7.1.10r169112 257 fffffffff6298000 
> 70a0 305 1 vboxusb (VirtualBox USB 7.1.10r169112) 258 fffffffff629f000 
> 7ba8 309 1 vboxflt (VirtualBox NetDrv 7.1.10r169112) 258 
> fffffffff629f000 7ba8 - 1 vboxflt (VirtualBox NetMod 7.1.10r169112) 
> 280 fffffffff6460000 4a08 314 1 vboxms (VBoxMouseIntegr 7.1.10r169112) 
> 281 fffffffff6464000 38d30 313 1 vboxguest (VirtualBox GstDrv 
> 7.1.10r169112)
>
> Not sure what else to check
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Russell
>
> On 2025-07-18 16:24, russell wrote:
>>
>> Good Afternoon
>>
>> I am trying to get a USB drive to appear inside a VirtualBox VM, when 
>> I plug the USb drive into either a USB 3.0 or 2.0 port the following 
>> happens.
>>
>> 1. "Cannot mount volume" dialogue box appears    Error 
>> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied
>>
>> 2. The USB drive opens with a File System Window
>>
>> 3. Press OK on the Cannot mount Volume dialogue window. 4. Within 
>> VirtualBox window, select Devices -> USB -> USB Drive
>>
>> 5. The USB Drive File System Window disappears
>>
>> 6. Checking the VirtualBox logs
>>
>> 00:32:05.813938 AHCI#0: Port 0 reset
>>
>> 00:32:05.814998 VD#0: Cancelling all active requests
>>
>> 00:34:35.684038 VUSB: Detached '0000000006810930[proxy 0781:55a5]' 
>> from port 2 on RootHub#1
>>
>> 00:40:13.236538 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 
>> pvVRAM=00007fff8be00000 w=1849 h=1205 bpp=32 cbLine=0x1CE4 flags=0xD 
>> origin=0,0
>>
>> 00:40:13.236698 GUI: UIFrameBufferPrivate::performResize: 
>> Size=1849x1205, Using fallback buffer since no source bitmap is provided
>>
>> 00:41:14.038234 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 
>> pvVRAM=00007fff8be00000 w=1849 h=1205 bpp=32 cbLine=0x1CE4 flags=0x1 
>> origin=0,0
>>
>> 00:42:52.643420 VUSB: Attached '000000000252aea0[proxy 0781:55a5]' to 
>> port 2 on RootHub#1 (HighSpeed) 00:42:53.078241 USBProxy: Command 
>> 0xc0185699 failed. Req.rc=VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE
>>
>> 00:42:53.078266 USBProxy: usbProxySolarisReset: Failed! rc=-1
>>
>> 00:42:53.111386 USBProxy: Command 0xc0185694 failed. 
>> Req.rc=VERR_PIPE_IO_ERROR
>>
>> 00:42:53.111406 USBProxy: usbProxySolarisUrbQueue: Failed! 
>> pProxyDev=000000000252aea0[proxy 0781:55a5] pUrb=000000000323fa00 
>> EndPt=0x0 bEndpoint=0x0 enmType=4 enmDir=1 cbData=72 
>> rc=VERR_PIPE_IO_ERROR
>>
>> 00:42:53.860247 USBProxy: Command 0xc0185699 failed. 
>> Req.rc=VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE
>>
>> 00:42:53.860276 USBProxy: usbProxySolarisReset: Failed! rc=-1
>>
>> 00:42:53.960753 USBProxy: Command 0xc0185694 failed. 
>> Req.rc=VERR_PIPE_IO_ERROR
>>
>> 00:42:53.960774 USBProxy: usbProxySolarisUrbQueue: Failed! 
>> pProxyDev=000000000252aea0[proxy 0781:55a5] pUrb=000000000323fa00 
>> EndPt=0x0 bEndpoint=0x0 enmType=4 enmDir=1 cbData=72 
>> rc=VERR_PIPE_IO_ERROR
>>
>> 00:42:54.795254 USBProxy: Command 0xc0185699 failed. 
>> Req.rc=VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE
>>
>> 00:42:54.795284 USBProxy: usbProxySolarisReset: Failed! rc=-1
>>
>> 00:42:54.895985 USBProxy: Command 0xc0185694 failed. 
>> Req.rc=VERR_PIPE_IO_ERROR
>>
>> 00:42:54.896002 USBProxy: usbProxySolarisUrbQueue: Failed! 
>> pProxyDev=000000000252aea0[proxy 0781:55a5] pUrb=000000000323fa00 
>> EndPt=0x0 bEndpoint=0x0 enmType=4 enmDir=1 cbData=72 
>> rc=VERR_PIPE_IO_ERROR
>>
>> 00:42:55.652255 USBProxy: Command 0xc0185699 failed. 
>> Req.rc=VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE
>>
>> 00:42:55.652280 USBProxy: usbProxySolarisReset: Failed! rc=-1
>>
>> 00:42:55.752786 USBProxy: Command 0xc0185694 failed. 
>> Req.rc=VERR_PIPE_IO_ERROR
>>
>> 00:42:55.752803 USBProxy: usbProxySolarisUrbQueue: Failed! 
>> pProxyDev=000000000252aea0[proxy 0781:55a5] pUrb=000000000323fa00 
>> EndPt=0x0 bEndpoint=0x0 enmType=4 enmDir=1 cbData=72 
>> rc=VERR_PIPE_IO_ERROR
>>
>> 7. Within the VirtualBox instance (this instance Windows 11), it 
>> reports an Unknown USB Device (Invalid Device Descriptor)
>>
>> Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. 
>> (Code 43) The USB device returned an invalid USB device descriptor.
>>
>> 8. Deselecting the USB Drive from the VirtualBox VM instance causes 
>> the USB Drive to appear in a new File System Window.
>>
>> 9. VirtualBox is reporting
>>
>> Failed to attach the USB device SanDisk Cruzer Snap [0100] to the 
>> virtual machine win11-ts5.
>>
>> USB device 'SanDisk Cruzer Snap' with UUID 
>> {2d6578d3-5af2-4522-917f-a8ee88a798bc} is busy with a previous 
>> request. Please try again later.
>>
>> Result Code:
>>
>>
>>
>> NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057)
>>
>> Component:
>>
>>
>>
>> HostUSBDeviceWrap
>>
>> Interface:
>>
>>
>>
>> IHostUSBDevice {c19073dd-cc7b-431b-98b2-951fda8eab89}
>>
>> Callee:
>>
>>
>>
>> IConsole {6ac83d89-6ee7-4e33-8ae6-b257b2e81be8}
>>
>> I do have the correct extension pack installed, I have also ensured 
>> that vboxuser group membership is configured.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to get this to work.
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Russell
>>
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Hi!

i really dont know, but things that come to mind are
a) access rigths on the usb device on the host
b) installed VBox Extensions (See file->tools->extension pack manager)?

Hope this helps..

Regards,
Stephan