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UnderNotic
Asked: 2018-02-23 09:13:48 +0800 CST

Virtual Box with smartcard reader device

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I'm using HID Omnikey 3121 smartcard reader and I'm trying to use in virtual box windows 7 vm. On ubuntu(16.04) side I installed pcsc drivers and I see using pscs_scan command that device is connected and smart card is inserted. The problem is that I can not see this device in vm.

In virtual box I have "Enable USB controller" checked but devices but i see "no devices available" when trying to add smart card reader.

What should I do?

virtualbox virtualization smartcard

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    As a solution: Make sure the VirtualBox Extension Pack is installed and also make sure to be a member of the vboxusers group (see commands below).

    1. Make sure the group exists: sudo groupadd vboxusers

    2. Add yourself to this group: sudo usermod -aG vboxusers ${USER}

    3. Logout and login again (or reboot)

    Good luck!

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