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Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible



Quoting André Rodier (2020-01-05 13:38:03)
> On Sun, 2020-01-05 at 12:24 +0100, deloptes wrote:
> > André Rodier wrote:
> > > I am looking for a USB / Bluetooth 5 adapter, natively compatible 
> > > with Debian.

> > most of them are
> > 
> > I use ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle 
> > (HCI mode)
> > 
> > Double check if adapter (newer once) are LE - there were issues with 
> > them.
> > 
> > I would just pick up one and see if the chipset is supported in 
> > linux and what is the experience with that chip.
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> 
> Thanks for your answer. I have this one, but I could not manage to 
> have it working. The usual hciconfig command fails, with an error 
> message "not supported". The interface is marked as down.
> 
> The device appears on Windows, but neither works.
> 
> I don't mind (too much) a non-free firmware for now.

Ah, if non-free is acceptable for you then I apologize for my unhelpful 
and wrong guess in my previous response, and can maybe hepl a bit:

Try this:

  sudo apt install firmware-linux firmware-brcm80211 firmware-atheros firmware-realtek

...and then reboot.

Good luck!

 - Jonas

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