Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible
On Sun, 2020-01-05 at 17:17 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> 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
For a while, I thought your instructions would work, but no:
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root@lovelace:~# hciconfig
hci1: Type: Primary Bus: USB
BD Address: 00:1A:7D:DA:71:11 ACL MTU: 679:9 SCO MTU: 48:16
DOWN
RX bytes:574 acl:0 sco:0 events:30 errors:0
TX bytes:368 acl:0 sco:0 commands:30 errors:0
hci0: Type: Primary Bus: USB
BD Address: 44:85:00:73:E2:17 ACL MTU: 1021:4 SCO MTU: 96:6
UP RUNNING PSCAN
RX bytes:15131 acl:0 sco:0 events:2447 errors:0
TX bytes:602626 acl:0 sco:0 commands:2445 errors:0
root@lovelace:~# hciconfig hci1
hci1: Type: Primary Bus: USB
BD Address: 00:1A:7D:DA:71:11 ACL MTU: 679:9 SCO MTU: 48:16
DOWN
RX bytes:574 acl:0 sco:0 events:30 errors:0
TX bytes:368 acl:0 sco:0 commands:30 errors:0
root@lovelace:~# hciconfig hci1 up
Can't init device hci1: Operation not supported (95)
root@lovelace:~# hciconfig hci1 reset
Can't init device hci1: Operation not supported (95)
root@lovelace:~# journalctl -f
-- Logs begin at Sun 2020-01-05 16:27:32 GMT. --
...
Jan 05 17:46:26 lovelace kernel: usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device
number 13 using xhci_hcd
Jan 05 17:46:26 lovelace kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device found,
idVendor=0a12, idProduct=0001, bcdDevice=88.91
Jan 05 17:46:26 lovelace kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device strings:
Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Jan 05 17:46:26 lovelace kernel: usb 1-1: Product: USB1.1-A
Jan 05 17:46:26 lovelace URfkill[973]: adding killswitch idx 6 soft 0
hard 0
Jan 05 17:46:26 lovelace URfkill[973]: killswitch state:
KILLSWITCH_STATE_UNBLOCKED new_state: KILLSWITCH_STATE_UNBLOCKED
Jan 05 17:46:26 lovelace URfkill[973]: Setting device 6 (BLUETOOTH) to
unblock
Jan 05 17:46:32 lovelace systemd[1]: systemd-rfkill.service: Succeeded.
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I do not have the time to investigate further, so if you know a web
site to order adapters that work, I am very interested.
Thanks!
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