Cannot sync with a virtual windows machine

[Android Question]

My Desire syncs OK with a standard windows system but not a clone of that machine on a VM box under Ubuntu (all flavours). The USB drive registers (and I can copy to/from the memory card) and the phone is detected and software installed on first connection. HTC Sync does not see the phone and the phone does not see HTC Sync.

 

[Mr. Lucky]

It's not an Android problem. However, here's a similar issue with resolution - see if posts 7 & 8 help:
[SOLVED] Virtual Machine running Windows with ADB - xda-developers