innotek Virtual Box in Linux

Environment

• Ubuntu 7.1 64bit
• VirtualBox 1.5.2
  

Prerequisites
Add innotek VirtualBox software source

deb http://www.virtualbox.org/debian gutsy non-free

Add innotek public key for apt-secure

#wget http://www.virtualbox.org/debian/innotek.asc
#apt-key add innotek.asc

Install

#apt-get install virtualbox

USB Issue


To deal with this error - "Cannot load HOST USB Proxy Service", edit /etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules. Change this part

# USB devices (usbfs replacement)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", MODE="0664"

To

# USB devices (usbfs replacement)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0664"

Then edit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh. Change this part

#
# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
#
#mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
#domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
#ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
#mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

To

#
# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
#
mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

Host Interface Bridging
Install bridge utilities and user mode Linux utilities

#apt-get install bridge-utils uml-utilities

Add user who will run VirtualBox to the group of uml-net

#gpasswd -a uml-net

Edit /etc/network/interfaces as following

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
up ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 up
down ifconfig $IFACE down

auto tap0
iface tap0 inet manual
up ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 up
down ifconfig $IFACE down
tunctl_user

auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge_ports eth0 tap0
bridge_maxwait 10

Allow VirtualBox to access /dev/net/tun

#chmod 666 /dev/net/tun

User Permission
Make sure user is in group - "vboxusers" for VirtualBox usage and "plugdev" for USB usage