cannot see MBP bluetooth in Ubuntu VM

[keepsimple]

I have installed an Ubuntu Linux 9.10 virtual machine using VMware Fusion 3.1. 0 on MacBook Pro. The host OS (i.e. Macbook Pro) is Snow Leopard 10.6.4.

There is one issue: after I enabled bluetooth on Macbook Pro and selected the bluetooth icon for the Ubuntu VM, I cannot see the bluetooth device inside the Ubuntu VM. (I have installed bluez packages in Ubuntu and i was able to use the bluetooth in Mac).

Is there anything extra I need to do to use the bluetooth on Macbook Pro inside the Ubuntu VM?

Thanks.

Han

[continuum]

with an external USB to bluetooth device it should work - onboard devices will not




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[keepsimple]

you are right. I have tried an external USB bluetooth and it worked. But I am curious why the on board bluetooth does not work in Ubuntu VM? is that because of lack of driver?

[continuum]

virtual machines do not have support for bluetooth at all.

The ancient virtual mainboard does not know bluetooth.

Only real hardware that can be accessed directly is:

USB-ports

serial ports - up to 2 work - though the documentation tells up to 4

parallel ports - the documentation says you can use 3 or 4 but only 1 or 2 really work

some SCSI-devices




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[Mikero]

We can actually pass the Bluetooth Host Controller (which, granted, looks like a USB interface) to the Guest, but Linux doesn't have drivers for that because they require the Windows-based BootCamp drivers.

It might be possible to use generic drivers that support the particular chipset in use (if such drivers exist), but that would likely be non-trivial at best, and probably not as easy as simply using a BT Dongle (which so long as it is supported in your Guest OS should work).

[keepsimple]

in Apple Macbook Pro, it shows the on board bluetooth is also a USB device:

BRCM2070 Hub:

Product ID: 0x4500

Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.)

Version: 1.00

Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec

Manufacturer: Apple Inc.

Location ID: 0xfa110000

Current Available (mA): 500

Current Required (mA): 94

Bluetooth USB Host Controller:

Product ID: 0x8218

Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)

Version: 0.22

Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec

Manufacturer: Apple Inc.

Location ID: 0xfa113000

Current Available (mA): 500

Current Required (mA): 0