clayton bcmel25gmailcom thats good another work around usb problem virtualbox seen proposed tested yet workaround uses udev instead fstab modifying udev rules follows sudo vi etcudevrulesd50udevdefaultrules find line libusb device access subsystemusb actionadd envdevtypeusb_device namebususbenvbusnumenvdevnum mode0644 change mode permissions line subsystemusb actionadd envdevtypeusb_device namebususbenvbusnumenvdevnum mode0666 clayton could give shot see works ok made change effect even went far reboot usb virtualbox didnt break ipod 3g nano video mounting though like change plug ipod automounts correctly use amarok etc restate problem usb work vb use fstab method breaks things ipods problems ipods fstab edited usb devices work fine joystick keyboard mouse card readers nokia n800 scaner etc c thu 07 aug 2008 164558 0100 opensuse virtualbox usb support