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I'm new to Linux and just started learning Ethical Hacking.  I wanted to configure Bluetooth devices.  I entered the command hciconfig but I cannot see any output or result.  I'm using ParrotSec on VMware.  Commands I used:

sudo apt-get update

service bluetooth start

I have also enabled Bluetooth from my Host System (Windows 10).  When I type the command hciconfig, it gives me no result.

[rohan@parrot]-[~] $sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for rohan:
Hit:1 https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot rolling InRelease
Hit:2 https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot rolling-security InRelease 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
[rohan@parrot]-[~] $service bluetooth start
[rohan@parrot]-[~] $hciconfig
[rohan@parrot]-[~]

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Help if I am doing something wrong.  I'm new to this and still learning.  Any help or suggestion will be appreciated.

Edit: I have also used hciconfig -a and the same thing happens. :(

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    Please don't paste terminal's screnshots, just the text. What if you sudo modprobe --verbose btusb first? Output of rfkill list? Commented Aug 3, 2024 at 17:16

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Only one operating system at a time can control the Bluetooth transceiver. If you wish to use it in a virtual machine, you'll have to configure VMware to pass full control of the BT transceiver (usually an USB device) to the VM.

When you do this, the host OS will be unable to use Bluetooth until the VM is stopped or reconfigured to not use the BT transceiver any more.

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