Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle
On 2021-12-16 21:45 UTC+0100, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> No Linux firmware came on the disk only windows files. To that extent I
> checked. On debian does a way exist to check devices for missing
> firmware?
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2021, deloptes wrote:
>
>> Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>
>>> So in reality this may actually not be a card
>>> The disk that came with this claimed it was an realtek-0179 device if
>>> memory serves.
>>
>> did you check firmware if required - do you have it installed?
>>
>>
>
You might have to install some non-free firmware from Debian repository.
If it is not yet enabled, edit file /etc/apt/sources.list and edit the
lines to look similar like "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye
main non-free contrib"
Then run "apt update". Then install the needed firmware package.
Of course the difficulty is to find out which package you need. A search
for realtek-0179 brings no usefull results on Google. It is strange that
neither lsusb nor lspci bring up usefull information. If it is an USB
device, unplug and plug it in again and watch the output of dmesg for
messages. If it tells you firmware file "ExampleFileName" is missing
then issue command "apt-file search ExampleFileName". It should tell
you, which package to install.
Regards,
Christian
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