how to run VCDS on linux with virtualbox?

[lugnut]

Hello,
So I am new to the forums and VCDS and have attempted to search for this topic but found little information. If I did miss something please point

I'm unable to see my KII-USB via VCDS [Opions]->[Test]->USB

I am running
Kubuntu Linux 14.04.4
- VirtualBox 4.3.36 with the USB 2.0 extension pack running Vista
- KII-USB interface
- VCDS 15.7

I see via "dmesg" the recognition of my KII-USB interface:

[ 5831.436103] usb 5-2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd
[ 5831.634791] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=fa24
[ 5831.634796] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 5831.634800] usb 5-2: Product: Ross-Tech KII-USB
[ 5831.634802] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: Ross-Tech
[ 5831.634804] usb 5-2: SerialNumber: RT000001

Now I do not see a new device added into the /dev directory??? Makes me suspect that a device node is not created by udev and I lack a rule to create this.

 

[lugnut]

So after some googling about this problem I've gotten my KII-USB interface to be recognized by VCDS while running under VirtualBox hosting Vista. Have yet to connect the car but it is progress.

Anyone else in this situation (Linux->VirtualBox->Vista->VCDS) may find this link helpful.

http://www.audiworld.com/forums/vag...unning-under-ubuntu-linux-virtualbox-2585290/

 

[lugnut]

And a simple correction to the "/etc/fstab" entry specified in the following link:

http://www.audiworld.com/forums/vag...unning-under-ubuntu-linux-virtualbox-2585290/

Change:

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults,devmode=0666 0 0
to:

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto,devmode=0666 0 0

If "noauto" is not a mount option then the system upon booting will attempt to mount "/proc/bus/usb" which doesn't exist until Virtualbox runs and your system will hang up during the boot process.