external usb devices not mountable in Virtualbox 6.0.6

Bug #1826390 reported by Wolf Rogner
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virtualbox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Installed: Ubuntu 19.04 (upgraded from 18.10), Virtualbox 6.0.6
Guest: Ubuntu 19.04

Attach USB drive to Host
Try to connect Guest to USB device
Unmount (but leave attached) USB device in Host

Try to connect USB drive in Guest (there should be a line for each USB drive attached, but isn't)

Expected behaviour (as in 5.x):

USB drive shows up in USB device list
USB drive can be connected in Guest if unmounted in Host

Actual behaviour:

USB drive not shown in USB device list
-> USB drive cannot be mounted in Guest

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: virtualbox 6.0.6-dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Apr 25 13:05:28 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-30 (360 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-19 (5 days ago)

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Wolf Rogner (war-rsb) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote :

did you add your user to vboxusers?

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for virtualbox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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