Not Running A Reboot Should Fix That - Usbipd Warning The Service Is Currently

 
 
 
 

The "usbipd: warning: The VBoxUsbMon driver is currently not running" error indicates that the service for sharing USB devices with WSL2 has failed or a dependency is unresponsive, often caused by VirtualBox conflicts, upgrade issues, or required driver binding reboots. A manual service restart via PowerShell, or in some cases a re-installation of the software, generally resolves the issue. For comprehensive troubleshooting steps, visit the usbipd-win GitHub Wiki

USBIP Device Host

The error "usbipd warning: the service is currently not running" means the service on your Windows host has stopped. Without this service, the command-line tool cannot communicate with your USB hardware or share it with your WSL instance. Immediate Troubleshooting Steps

Q: Why does usbipd wsl list show "no devices" even after the service is running?

Step 3: Force Windows to Load the Driver

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release-rel-2026-03-01-6485 | Fri Mar 20 10:30:32 PDT 2026