RTL8822BE/AX200 Bluetooth trouble

[andre]

Hi, everybody!
I have Lenovo Thinkpad E595 laptop, and I use MX Linux at live usb. Everything works fine except Bluetooth.
This laptop has RTL8822BE combined WiFi/Bluetooth module. I use Bluetooth with JBL520 earphones.

What is problem:
sometime I able to use Bluetooth for 5 ... 10 ... 30 minutes;
sometime it fails at startup or when I point cursor to BT icon at taskbar or when I try to search for bt devices.
But more often I can't use it.
When it fails BT icon disappears from taskbar, and only restart can help... (but usually need to boot to Windows,
power off, and then boot to MX..)

My system info:

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Snapshot created on: 20250210_1212
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-21-amd64 [6.1.90-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet nosplash splasht lang=en_US kbd=us
    tz=Europe/Bucharest persist_root splasht
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto May 19  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20NF001YRT v: ThinkPad E595 serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20NF001YRT serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: R11ET49W (1.29)
    date: 11/22/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.1 Wh (74.6%) condition: 41.7/45.3 Wh (92.2%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.1
    model: SMP 01AV446 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: charging cycles: 986
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+
    note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108109
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1368 high: 1400 min/max: 1400/2300 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1390 2: 1360 3: 1237 4: 1391 5: 1391 6: 1387
    7: 1388 8: 1400 bogomips: 36729
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad E595 driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm
    built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 58.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: Lenovo 0x40ba built: 2018 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142
    gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics (raven LLVM 15.0.6 DRM
    3.49 6.1.0-21-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
    driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad E595 driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-21-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: amn0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
  IF-ID-2: pan1 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.43 TiB used: 1.16 TiB (81.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM512GDHTNG-8710B size: 476.94 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 80020C00 temp: 42.9 C scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: A-Data model: SU650 size: 953.87 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 630B scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Fit size: 29.25 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /live/boot-dev/swap-file
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 58.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2155 libs: 1067 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mirror.23m.com/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian bookworm main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oracle_vbox_2016.gpg] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bookworm contrib
Info:
  Processes: 303 Uptime: 1h 50m wakeups: 13 Memory: 23.22 GiB used: 3.1 GiB (13.4%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

I tried to use 6.1.0-31 kernel, but that didn't helped.

dmesg | grep 8822 output:

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[  492.715797] rtw_8822be 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[  492.817346] rtw_8822be 0000:04:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtw88/rtw8822b_fw.bin
[  492.817373] rtw_8822be 0000:04:00.0: Firmware version 27.2.0, H2C version 13
[  495.559391] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: examining hci_ver=07 hci_rev=000b lmp_ver=07 lmp_subver=8822
[  495.561369] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8822b_fw.bin
[  495.569229] bluetooth hci0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtl_bt/rtl8822b_fw.bin
[  495.569259] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8822b_config.bin
[  495.576884] bluetooth hci0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtl_bt/rtl8822b_config.bin

As I understand Bluetooth module internally connected to USB bus. I checked dmesg|grep usb ouptut:

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[    1.015078] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    1.015088] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    1.015114] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    1.330164] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 6.01
[    1.330167] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.330170] usb usb1: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    1.330172] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-21-amd64 xhci-hcd
[    1.330174] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:05:00.3
[    1.330726] usb usb2: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
[    1.330756] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 6.01
[    1.330759] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.330761] usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    1.330763] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-21-amd64 xhci-hcd
[    1.330765] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:05:00.3
[    1.332154] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 6.01
[    1.332156] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.332159] usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    1.332161] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-21-amd64 xhci-hcd
[    1.332163] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:05:00.4
[    1.332678] usb usb4: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
[    1.332708] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 6.01
[    1.332711] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.332713] usb usb4: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    1.332715] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-21-amd64 xhci-hcd
[    1.332717] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:05:00.4
[    1.592282] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[    1.592292] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[    1.743975] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5571, bcdDevice= 1.00
[    1.743982] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[    1.743985] usb 1-3: Product: Cruzer Fit
[    1.743987] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: SanDisk
[    1.743990] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 4C530001261029110553
[    1.772710] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=b023, bcdDevice= 2.10
[    1.772723] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[    1.772730] usb 3-1: Product: Bluetooth Radio 
[    1.772737] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Realtek 
[    1.772743] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[    1.912293] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[    2.040153] usb-storage 1-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[    2.040354] scsi host1: usb-storage 1-3:1.0
[    2.040471] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    2.041784] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[    2.071644] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=5986, idProduct=2113, bcdDevice=54.22
[    2.071655] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    2.071661] usb 3-2: Product: Integrated Camera
[    2.071666] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: SunplusIT Inc
[   14.949503] usb 3-2: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Camera (5986:2113)
[   14.967454] input: Integrated Camera: Integrated C as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:05:00.4/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input16
[   14.967543] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[   15.118683] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb

when Bluetooth fail happens I observe next:

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[ 1655.085295] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 1655.086725] usb usb3-port1: couldn't allocate usb_device
[ 1655.086755] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 3

also I catched this output when BT fails, but icon didn't disappear:

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[   63.028614] usb 3-2: Failed to query (GET_CUR) UVC control 2 on unit 2: -19 (exp. 2).

May be MX gure have some idea?

UPD: RTL8822BE module was replaced by INTEL AX200, but problem remain (

[j2mcgreg]

For that machine, I would be using the AHS version of MX 23 and at least the Liquorix 6.9.12-2 kernel. There's ample evidence here in the forums that Ryzen based machines perform much better with a Liquorix kernel and that glitches found with the default Debian kernels are eliminated.

[andre]

For that machine, I would be using the AHS version of MX 23 and at least the Liquorix 6.9.12-2 kernel. There's ample evidence here in the forums that Ryzen based machines perform much better with a Liquorix kernel and that glitches found with the default Debian kernels are eliminated.

Thank you for advice! At least I have now direction!

[andre]

According to advice of 2mcgreg tried MX23.0_AHS and MX23.5_AHS with 6.12.8-1-liquorix kernel. Nothing changed
I tried lsusb it shows my module:

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Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:b023 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8822BE Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter

but then it disappears...

[andre]

Tried 6.12.12-2-liquorix-amd64 kernel. Same story ...
BT worked after connect, I started watch video, and again module disappeared:

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[  939.180366] Bluetooth: hci0: Resetting usb device.
[  939.343401] usb 3-1: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[  939.343416] usb 3-1: hub failed to enable device, error -108
[  939.456352] usb 3-1: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[  939.456369] usb 3-1: hub failed to enable device, error -108
[  939.569342] usb 3-1: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[  939.979340] usb 3-1: device not accepting address 2, error -108
[  940.091339] usb 3-1: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[  940.508325] usb 3-1: device not accepting address 2, error -108
[  940.508427] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[  940.510404] usb usb3-port1: couldn't allocate usb_device

[andre]

Hello, community! So last information if somebody have interest). Assuming that this is a hardware problem, a new WiFi module was purchased - AX200. But after installing the new module, the old problem remained. That is, the problem is not in the module drivers... It looks like a problem with USB. Here is dmesg outptut, I catch it when bluetooth icon was ok and I just switch on my JBL520 earphones.
After that bluetooth icon disappeared..

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1828.140317] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.4: xHCI host not responding to stop endpoint command
[ 1828.140349] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.4: xHCI host controller not responding, assume dead
[ 1828.140366] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.4: HC died; cleaning up
[ 1828.140484] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 1828.141723] usb usb3-port1: couldn't allocate usb_device
[ 1828.141748] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 1838.345049] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
[ 1838.345069] ata1.00: Entering active power mode
[ 1838.357408] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 1838.370204] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk

I tried to restart the xHCI USB device:

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echo -n "0000:05:00.4" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/unbind
echo -n "0000:05:00.4" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/bind

but that didn't help.
Any idea, please

[CharlesV]

Going to suggest to try turning off suspend / timeout of the BT.

You can turn off 'timeouts' for BT devices as follows:
edit /etc/bluetooth/input.config setting the following under general :

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IdleTimeout=0

UserspaceHID=true

In mine these are remarked out, supposed to default to 0 .. but try setting it to 0 ( you could optionally set it to say 90 min and then see if it affects how the mouse works. Possibly set to say 5 min for testing and see what happens ? )

more info on the issue here:
viewtopic.php?p=810638#p810638

[andre]

Going to suggest to try turning off suspend / timeout of the BT.

You can turn off 'timeouts' for BT devices as follows:
edit /etc/bluetooth/input.config setting the following under general :
...

Thank you! Will try.

[andre]

Hello, community!

Going to suggest to try turning off suspend / timeout of the BT.
...

No changes...
Main problem that I can't use Bluetooth at all. Only seldom, after reboot after windows use, I can use Bluetooth for some time, But when it fails even reboot doesn't helps(((
I tried also to use antiX live usb and there is same issue.
A can't find better alternative than MX linux.
Maybe there is a possibility to get paid support?
I'm in despair(((. Help please!

[Eadwine Rose]

We do not offer paid support.