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When I start my Ubuntu guest through the VirtualBox GUI interface, my USB device (Yubikey 4) works fine. The problem arises when I start my guest in headless mode and connect to it with an SSH client: the USB device is listed on lsusb but it does not work at all. If I attach a GUI on this headless VM and login there, logout and detach the GUI, USB device starts working, even for the SSH client.



How can I get USB devices working on VM started in headless mode?



System specs:




  • Windows 10 host

  • Ubuntu server 18.04 guest

  • VirtualBox 5.2.22

  • Yubikey 4 USB device










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    When I start my Ubuntu guest through the VirtualBox GUI interface, my USB device (Yubikey 4) works fine. The problem arises when I start my guest in headless mode and connect to it with an SSH client: the USB device is listed on lsusb but it does not work at all. If I attach a GUI on this headless VM and login there, logout and detach the GUI, USB device starts working, even for the SSH client.



    How can I get USB devices working on VM started in headless mode?



    System specs:




    • Windows 10 host

    • Ubuntu server 18.04 guest

    • VirtualBox 5.2.22

    • Yubikey 4 USB device










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      When I start my Ubuntu guest through the VirtualBox GUI interface, my USB device (Yubikey 4) works fine. The problem arises when I start my guest in headless mode and connect to it with an SSH client: the USB device is listed on lsusb but it does not work at all. If I attach a GUI on this headless VM and login there, logout and detach the GUI, USB device starts working, even for the SSH client.



      How can I get USB devices working on VM started in headless mode?



      System specs:




      • Windows 10 host

      • Ubuntu server 18.04 guest

      • VirtualBox 5.2.22

      • Yubikey 4 USB device










      share|improve this question













      When I start my Ubuntu guest through the VirtualBox GUI interface, my USB device (Yubikey 4) works fine. The problem arises when I start my guest in headless mode and connect to it with an SSH client: the USB device is listed on lsusb but it does not work at all. If I attach a GUI on this headless VM and login there, logout and detach the GUI, USB device starts working, even for the SSH client.



      How can I get USB devices working on VM started in headless mode?



      System specs:




      • Windows 10 host

      • Ubuntu server 18.04 guest

      • VirtualBox 5.2.22

      • Yubikey 4 USB device







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