Bluetooth - unable to add/pair/use any device

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#1 Post by **agnivo007** » Fri May 12, 2023 6:59 am

I have a generic BT v5.0 dongle (cheap ones widely available) and it is detected and bluetooth icon shows up in taskbar, but unable to find/add/pair any BT device.

For your info I'm attaching some outputs:

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$ lsusb -t
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/10p, 480M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=rtl88x2bu, 480M
    |__ Port 3: Dev 5, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
    |__ Port 3: Dev 5, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
    |__ Port 5: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 5: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 6: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 6: Dev 4, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M

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$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 062a:4c01 MosArt Semiconductor Corp. 2,4Ghz Wireless Transceiver [for Delux M618 Plus Wireless Vertical Mouse]
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 25a7:fa23 Areson Technology Corp 2.4G Receiver
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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[ 3432.132494] usb 1-3: new full-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[ 3432.262244] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0a12, idProduct=0001, bcdDevice=88.91
[ 3432.262259] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 3432.262266] usb 1-3: Product: BT DONGLE10
[ 3433.002782] alg: No test for fips(ansi_cprng) (fips_ansi_cprng)
[ 3433.132818] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 3433.132855] NET: Registered PF_BLUETOOTH protocol family
[ 3433.132856] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 3433.132860] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 3433.132863] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 3433.132872] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 3433.144119] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 3433.147509] Bluetooth: hci0: CSR: Setting up dongle with HCI ver=12 rev=3120; LMP ver=12 subver=22bb; manufacturer=10
[ 3433.147515] Bluetooth: hci0: CSR: Unbranded CSR clone detected; adding workarounds and force-suspending once...
[ 3433.147520] Bluetooth: hci0: CSR: Couldn't suspend the device for our Barrot 8041a02 receive-issue workaround
[ 3433.147524] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Delete Stored Link Key command is advertised, but not supported.
[ 3433.147525] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Read Default Erroneous Data Reporting command is advertised, but not supported.
[ 3433.147527] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Set Event Filter command not supported.
[ 3433.197318] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 3433.197321] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 3433.197324] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 3433.230924] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.22
[ 3433.241108] NET: Registered PF_ALG protocol family
[ 3433.275499] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 3433.275505] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 3433.275509] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 3518.381974] Bluetooth: hci0: command 0x200c tx timeout
[ 3518.382018] Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x200c failed: -110
[ 3518.382027] Bluetooth: hci0: Unable to disable scanning: -110
[ 3518.781192] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 5
[ 3518.781576] Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x 401 failed: -19
[ 3519.315931] usb 1-3: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[ 3519.445660] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0a12, idProduct=0001, bcdDevice=88.91
[ 3519.445676] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 3519.445683] usb 1-3: Product: BT DONGLE10
[ 3519.455180] Bluetooth: hci0: CSR: Setting up dongle with HCI ver=12 rev=3120; LMP ver=12 subver=22bb; manufacturer=10
[ 3519.455194] Bluetooth: hci0: CSR: Unbranded CSR clone detected; adding workarounds and force-suspending once...
[ 3519.455202] Bluetooth: hci0: CSR: Couldn't suspend the device for our Barrot 8041a02 receive-issue workaround
[ 3519.455212] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Delete Stored Link Key command is advertised, but not supported.
[ 3519.455217] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Read Default Erroneous Data Reporting command is advertised, but not supported.
[ 3519.455221] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Set Event Filter command not supported.
[ 3519.537505] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.22
[ 3527.085685] Bluetooth: hci0: command 0x200c tx timeout
[ 3527.086696] Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x200c failed: -110
[ 3527.086712] Bluetooth: hci0: Unable to disable scanning: -110
[ 3527.484344] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 6
[ 3527.484342] Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x 401 failed: -71
[ 3528.019614] usb 1-3: new full-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[ 3528.149201] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0a12, idProduct=0001, bcdDevice=88.91
[ 3528.149216] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 3528.149223] usb 1-3: Product: BT DONGLE10
[ 3528.156188] Bluetooth: hci0: CSR: Setting up dongle with HCI ver=12 rev=3120; LMP ver=12 subver=22bb; manufacturer=10
[ 3528.156208] Bluetooth: hci0: CSR: Unbranded CSR clone detected; adding workarounds and force-suspending once...
[ 3528.156217] Bluetooth: hci0: CSR: Couldn't suspend the device for our Barrot 8041a02 receive-issue workaround
[ 3528.156229] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Delete Stored Link Key command is advertised, but not supported.
[ 3528.156233] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Read Default Erroneous Data Reporting command is advertised, but not supported.
[ 3528.156238] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Set Event Filter command not supported.
[ 3528.239522] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.22

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System:    Kernel: 6.1.0-8mx-ahs-amd64 [6.1.25-1~mx21ahs+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-8mx-ahs-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro rootflags=subvol=@mxroot quiet 
           init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM 
           Distro: MX-21.3_KDE_x64 Wildflower 27 August 2022 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: H110M-H v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: H110M-H-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends 
           v: F24 date: 04/11/2018 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium G4400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S family: 6 
           model-id: 5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: F0 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 13199 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS 
           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: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, 
           PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 510 vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:1902 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
           unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 75 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") 
           diag: 686mm (27") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 510 (SKL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.1.0-8mx-ahs-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey] type: USB driver: rtl88x2bu bus-ID: 1-1:2 
           chip-ID: 0bda:b812 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter> 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb 
           v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-3:8 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: <filter> 
           Info: acl-mtu: 679:8 sco-mtu: 48:16 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: slave accept 
           service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.72 TiB used: 93.4 GiB (5.3%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD 
           size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
           type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: VC0S032E temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000LPSX-60A6WT0 
           size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD 
           rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000LPSX-60A6WT0 
           size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD 
           rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT 
           ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Marshal model: MAL2320SA-T54 size: 298.09 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 
           serial: <filter> rev: 1U scheme: GPT 
           ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Hitachi model: HTS543232A7A384 size: 298.09 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 
           serial: <filter> rev: A60W scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 50 GiB size: 50 GiB (100.00%) used: 9.26 GiB (18.5%) fs: btrfs 
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 
           ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1.38 GiB size: 1.32 GiB (95.79%) used: 222.7 MiB (16.5%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
           ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.45%) used: 25.3 MiB (25.7%) 
           fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
           ID-4: /home raw-size: 200 GiB size: 200 GiB (100.00%) used: 7.15 GiB (3.6%) fs: btrfs 
           dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.09 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2334 lib: 1288 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ bullseye main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 250 Uptime: 1h 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 7.65 GiB used: 1.99 GiB (26.0%) 
           Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

#2 Post by **rokytnji.1** » Fri May 12, 2023 6:38 pm

This person connects using Mac addresses.

https://somedudesays.com/2019/10/blueto ... or-ubuntu/

#3 Post by **agnivo007** » Mon May 15, 2023 4:38 am

Nothing works, even trying all console commands you mentioned, no devices listed, no chance of manual pairing! (check the output of dmesg where hci errors are reported) @rokytnji.1

#4 Post by **DeepDayze** » Mon May 15, 2023 10:10 am

Perhaps firmware needed?

#5 Post by **rokytnji.1** » Mon May 15, 2023 8:31 pm

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harry@biker:~
$ dmesg | grep firmware
[    9.483317] platform regulatory.0: firmware: failed to load regulatory.db (-2)
[    9.483323] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware
[    9.483328] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[    9.581608] iwlwifi 0000:0c:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
[    9.581926] iwlwifi 0000:0c:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.83.5.1 build 33692 5000-5.ucode op_mode iwldvm
[    9.581980] iwlwifi 0000:0c:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
harry@biker:~
$ dmesg | grep 0a12:0001
harry@biker:~
$ blueman-manager
blueman-manager version 2.1.4 starting
harry@biker:~
$ lsusb -t
/:  Bus 08.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 07.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
    |__ Port 2: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 2: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 2: Dev 2, If 2, Class=, Driver=, 12M
/:  Bus 06.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
    |__ Port 2: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
    |__ Port 2: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
/:  Bus 05.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Application Specific Interface, Driver=, 12M
/:  Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/6p, 480M
/:  Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/6p, 480M
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M

Not sure if a newer kernel will help you or not. 5.10 manages my bluetooth OK. Maybe you need a newer kernel is all can think of.

#6 Post by **Shifu** » Mon May 15, 2023 9:07 pm

I never have any luck with bluetooth either with the onboard device or a dongle. I eventually gave up trying to get it to work.

#7 Post by **CharlesV** » Mon May 15, 2023 9:26 pm

My gigabyte mobo has bluetooth and has worked flawless since using MX. However, my HP's have not. And I fixed them both by updating to the latest linux firmware and the 6.2x kernels .

Instructions on doing that are attached.

#8 Post by **agnivo007** » Tue May 16, 2023 2:58 am

I found something here (check full comments) https://gist.github.com/nevack/6b36b82d ... 9124840a07

#9 Post by **rokytnji.1** » Wed May 17, 2023 12:51 am

Well reading through the comments section. At least the patch instructions are included. Are you running a AHS kernel in MX or stock 5.10.

I guess if you have a backup kernel it won't hurt to try.

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harry@shop:~
$ dpkg --list | grep linux-image
ii  linux-image-4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp   4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp-1              amd64        Linux kernel, version 4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp
ii  linux-image-5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp    5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp-1               amd64        Linux kernel, version 5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp
ii  linux-image-5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp     5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp-1                amd64        Linux kernel, version 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp

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