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kenny_w
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 3:43 pm    Post subject: Bluetooth not working RTL8821ae Reply with quote

Hey guys, I can't understand why my bluetooth won't work, I've got my WiFi working, I've got bluez & blueman installed, I've got bluetooth added to the rc-update default, but still it gives me this error like it can't start the bluez daemon..

I'm using a RTL8821ae mini-PCIe card that's 5G WiFi / bluetooth, I've NEVER had a problem with getting bluetooth to work, but apparently someone with the same driver had a similar problem


https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7948348.html?sid=e17cc99253b6f3fc29618997b6b2483b

edit: after getting linux-firmware installed, the bluez daemon still refuses to start.

edit 2: I've tried plugging in a bluetooth USB but blueman won't open with that plugged in either... btusb also doesn't show up in lsusb -t either!
What could I possibly be missing?!
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kenny_w
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got bluetooth added to the OpenRC default thing, so it starts upon boot-up, but blueman refuses to open, even when I plug in a bluetooth USB it still won't open.
lsusb -t showed me that btusb isn't found when the bluetooth USB is plugged in also, I tried modprobing for btusb but its not found. So I have to be missing SOMETHING... but WHAT?
I've got bluez-firmware and linux-firmware packages installed already.

Code:

hciconfig -a
Can't open HCI socket.: Address family not supported by protocol

sudo hciconfig -a
Can't open HCI socket.: Address family not supported by protocol


I also cannot open up bluetoothctl, so I think its not blueman. Waiting to connect to bluetoothd..... is what I get when I try to bluetoothctl

I'm giving up. I can't make sound or bluetooth work, I can't even make stupid QT apps theme right. I give up. I'm done. Sorry for wasting everyones' time, this is a complete and utter waste of my time & too stressful. I need my netbook to work for Tuesday & I've made ZERO progress on bluetooth & sound issues as well as QT app theming. fuck it. I'm done. If somebody really wanted to help me, this stuff would've all been solved.
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