Sharing bluetooth device

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clemoine
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Joined: 28. Jul 2009, 09:26
Primary OS: Ubuntu 8.10
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Guest OSses: Win XP

Sharing bluetooth device

Post by clemoine »

Hi,

I'm using Virtualbox 2.2.4 on Ubuntu 8.10. My guest system is Win XP.
I need to access bluetooth devices from both Linux and Windows:
- I have a bluetooth mouse
- I access my mobile phone from Windows using bluetooth (Nokia soft is available only on Windows.......)

Is there a way to make bluetooth devices visible to both OS ? So far, when I connect the bluetooth controler to Virtualbox (I add the USB device), it gets disconnected from Linux.
I would rather avoid adding a USB bluetooth device..... (I know this would enable me to have one device connected to Linux, and one to Virtualbox guest).

Thanks
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Re: Sharing bluetooth device

Post by vbox4me2 »

Its one or the other not both as far as I've seen, isn't seamless mode working for your mouse?
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