ms971
10 December 2021 02:26
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Kudos to Manjaro developers. This is the only distro that detected the wifi, and DVD. The MHWD sets Manjaro apart.
But I think the reason my Broadcom bluetooth is not detected is Qualcomm don’t support the chip except in Windows, as per this Git project GitHub - winterheart/broadcom-bt-firmware: Repository for various Broadcom Bluetooth firmware AUR (en) - broadcom-bt-firmware-git but honestly, it’s beyond me. All I have done is download the snapshop, but have no idea where to go with it next.
What outputs do I need to post to get help on this?
OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64
With pamac you can create and install a package with:
pamac build broadcom-bt-firmware-git
or if you have cloned it, change the working dir to that folder and run it:
cd ~/path/to/broadcom-bt-firmware-git
makepkg -si
ms971
11 December 2021 01:51
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I cloned it from Github, but do not really understand what to do next. How do I get the system to redetect the bluetooth? Can you point me to a Archwiki page on it? Sorry but this is new to me.
@ms971
Well in general it should work like that:
open a terminal
Install the firmware:
pamac build broadcom-bt-firmware-git
remove/unload the current driver:
sudo modprobe -rfv btusb
add/load it again:
sudo modprobe -v btusb
Check if it is running without errors:
sudo dmesg | grep -i blue
Configure bluetooth configs:
hciconfig --all
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ms971
13 December 2021 01:22
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Thanks, your instructions worked. But the hciconfig is not found, so I am including the grep results to try and learn why?
sudo dmesg | grep -i blue
Then I guess this tool is not installed or/and not needed. No idea
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system
17 December 2021 03:18
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I did not test that and have no bluetooth devices for testing.