BlueTooth - Acer - Qualcomm Atheros
Amn
Hey there!!
As the subject suggests, this combo [BlueTooth - Acer - Qualcomm
Atheros] is my problem.
But before going any further I'd like to leave clear that I am
not, by any means, a Linux Power User [LPU], I just installed
Debian 11 in my laptop and are now discovering the pros and cons
of this OS, that's it!
After installing Debian 11 from an USB, I found out that the
blue-tooth wasn't working, so searching the net I found this web
pages that attempt to fix the issue, among them are :
https://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser/a2dp
https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/meaxi5/bluetooth_not_working_in_debian_11/
https://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser/a2dp#Pre-configuration
https://wiki.debian.org/PipeWire#Installation
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/559134/bluetooth-adapter-not-found-in-debian-buster/559147#559147
and many more that are not worth mentioning.
I've learned that PulseAdio was not doing the trick in my laptop,
so I tried PipeWire, but to no avail. Later I went deeper and
installed the Qualcomm driver, since my Acer Aspire E5-771G has a
'Qualcomm Atheros AR956x Wireless Network Adapter' as suggested by
-
https://www.systranbox.com/how-to-install-atheros-wireless-driver-linux/
-. The result was catastrophic! Not only the blue-tooth did not
work, but the WiFi was extremely slow.
Now I am open to anyone's suggestions to get the blue-tooth to
work, it worked under MS, therefore, I know the hardware if
functional
I have tried :
sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp4s0 no wireless extensions.
wlp5s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"BELL419"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point:
54:64:D9:39:D2
:4F
Bit Rate=150 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=56/70 Signal level=-54 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid
frag:0
Tx excessive retries:2 Invalid misc:474 Missed
beacon:0
/////////
sudo lshw -C
network
sudo: lshw: command not found
//////////
rfkill list
all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: acer-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Thanks for
any help you could provide me with.
Alexander V. Makartsev
>
> Hey there!!
>
> As the subject suggests, this combo [BlueTooth - Acer - Qualcomm
> Atheros] is my problem.
> But before going any further I'd like to leave clear that I am not, by
> any means, a Linux Power User [LPU], I just installed Debian 11 in my
> laptop and are now discovering the pros and cons of this OS, that's it!
>
> After installing Debian 11 from an USB, I found out that the
> blue-tooth wasn't working, so searching the net I found this web pages
> that attempt to fix the issue, among them are
>
Basically, first you need to install bluetooth stack provided by BlueZ
and install firmware for your hardware, before you will proceed to the
other things, like changing PulseAudio config.
To install bluetooth stack:
$ sudo apt install bluetooth bluez bluez-tools bluez-firmware blueman
And to install firmware (from non-free section [2] ):
$ sudo apt install firmware-atheros
To check if there is a Bluetooth adapter:
$ hciconfig -a
If there is an adapter, you can use GUI application "Bluetooth Manager"
for an additional setup and BT device pairing.
You can also install additional packages that will help to gather
information about your hardware:
$ sudo apt install lshw pciutils usbutils inxi
They will provide "lshw", "lspci", "lsusb", "inxi" console utilities.
[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/bluetooth
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
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With kindest regards, Alexander.
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