Can’t enable USB Drive in VirtualBox – troubleshooting help needed

[Patrick]

@jchi

And I still cannot get the USB to be recognized on the guest computer.

1. make it work in a non-Whonix, Debian based VM first
2. try the same inside Whonix

Please read the chapter Whonix ™ is based on Debian. Means, you can change your search terms from “How to get USB in Whonix-Workstation ™?” to “How to get USB in VirtualBox?”. See also Free Support Principle.

@TNT_BOM_BOM

manually user adding guest-additions

File Transfer - Whonix has a footnotes saying:

Does ‘’‘not’‘’ require VirtualBox Guest Additions.

Made that a non-footnote now.

@TNT_BOM_BOM

try install guest-additions-iso from vbox menu

When following documentation as updated recently, there is no need for this.

• Whonix for Windows, macOS, Linux inside VirtualBox
• Kicksecure ™ in VirtualBox - Troubleshooting - Kicksecure ™ does not Start?

Kicksecure ™ in VirtualBox - Troubleshooting - Kicksecure ™ does not Start? says actually for now:

Do not use VirtualBox guest additions from ISO.
Installation of VirtualBox guest additions from ISO might also cause issues.

Will be updated should that change on that wiki page.