Well that's how things were suppose to work but they don't in my case.

Which makes me wonder: since I can't get proper help anywhere I should
be the only one facing such problem, otherwise there would be more help
available. What could possibly be wrong on my install then? Why VB see
my USB devices but just don't make them available?

Odd, isn't it?

> If you cant get it going you have other options such as VMWare server.

Well VMWare is a paid piece of software. If I have to pay for it I
rather prefer to buy a new scanner that works on Ubuntu, which is why I
installed VB and Windows.