I am relatively new to Ubuntu, willing to learn, but don't have a ton of experience with command line interfaces (so go easy on me please if possible tech-wise!)...
I have xubuntu installed on my home computer, and recently installed VMWare Virtualbox, with which I created a virtual machine running windows 7, so I could run postureminder software (which accesses my usb webcam).
The software works fine when my 'focus' is on the virtualbox (i.e. the mouse/keyboard is inside the virtual machine) (I joined the vboxuser system group in ubuntu to enable this), but when I switch back to xubuntu the postureminder software does not registered me as being at the computer for the period I have worked in Xubuntu.
The only indication of a problem is that the software says 'welcome back' and has no record of my being at the computer for the period I work in xubuntu. Whether this is because the usb connection has been lost, or for some other reason I am not sure... I assume the virtual machine can run 'in the background' whilst I go back to working in ubuntu, so am guessing that it is something to do with the USB connection, hence me posting here, but realise it may be a VMWare or postureminder issue.
Thanks in advance for any help - much appreciated.
Ron