[SOLVED] Getting a usb bluetooth adapter to work | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 4:05 PM

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Have a ax210 internal card in the the pc I'm using which is intel chip that provides both bluetooth and wifi, but the bluetooth range isn't good. So I bought a bluetooth usb adapter (realtek) and plugged it in and then ran rfkill list:

[dan@archlinux ~]$ rfkill list
1: hci1: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
8: hci3: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no

So 1 is the internal bluetooth from the AX210 card, and 8 is the usb adapter. I ran rkill block 1 but all that does is completely turn off my bluetooth and then I have to run systemctl start bluetooth to get it back, at which point 1 is unblocked again.

Is there any way to get this to work? Any advice much appreciated. I think the realtek usb adapter has to work since it shows up in the list but I can't get it to be used

crimson trellis Apr 20, 2025, 4:34 PM

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What chipset does the usb adapter have

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 4:45 PM

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Realtek

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its this one

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quaint plinth Apr 20, 2025, 5:03 PM

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What is the chipset of that usb adapter

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@spice island

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 5:05 PM

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Realtek

quaint plinth Apr 20, 2025, 5:06 PM

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No like do you know what the name of the chip inside of the realtek card is

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I know the brand is realtek

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 5:06 PM

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@quaint plinth

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according to advertisement page

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is there a way to find out

quaint plinth Apr 20, 2025, 5:06 PM

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Yeah just look up the product name

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There's also probably a command you can run to figure it out

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 5:07 PM

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google won't help .. tried.. it's a generic chinese brand

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think most of these chips should be supported in linux kernel

quaint plinth Apr 20, 2025, 5:07 PM

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Realtek is Taiwanese but yeah most should be supported

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 5:08 PM

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yea, it does show up in rfkill list

quaint plinth Apr 20, 2025, 5:08 PM

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spice island google won't help .. tried.. it's a generic chinese brand

https://www.google.com/search?q=how to find bluetooth adapter chipset linux

🔎 how to find bluetooth adapter chipset linux - Google Search

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 5:10 PM

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lsusb tells me

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Bus 001 Device 016: ID 0bda:a728 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth 5.4 Radio

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 25a7:fa67 Areson Technology Corp 2.4G Receiver
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:0032 Intel Corp. AX210 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0573:1573 Zoran Co. Personal Media Division (Nogatech) USB Audio and HID
Bus 001 Device 015: ID 145f:02c9 Trust Trust Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 016: ID 0bda:a728 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth 5.4 Radio
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
[dan@archlinux ~]$

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can see also the AX210 bluetooth there

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think the issue is less whether arch has driver for it, and more how to get it to be used instead of the AX210

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 5:56 PM

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i've managed to find the MAC address of the usb adapter

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8C:68:8B:A0:80:4C

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not sure what to do with it tho

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I ran bluetoothctl list to get that

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 8:41 PM

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@spice island

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-disable-ax210-bluetooth.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="8087", ATTR{idProduct}=="0032", ATTR{authorized}="0"

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Then

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger

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Then reboot

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After reboot bluetoothctl list should just show the realtek one

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If you want to revert later

sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/99-disable-ax210-bluetooth.rules
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger
sudo reboot

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 8:47 PM

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brittle hemlock <@1102948714470973491> `sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-disable-ax210-bluetooth...

trying this now ty

forest craterBOT Apr 20, 2025, 8:47 PM

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spice island Apr 20, 2025, 8:50 PM

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i just rebooted

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so now I just see

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ bluetoothctl list
Controller 8C:68:8B:A0:80:4C archlinux [default]
[dan@archlinux ~]$

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but have no bluetooth working, blueman isn't detecting my headphones

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before I had two in the list so seems we sucess disable the ax210 bluetooth

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could I be missing something

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https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0bda-a728

A database of all the hardware that works under linux

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like firmware

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 8:52 PM

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even if it shows up, it might be soft-blocked or not powered on

rfkill list bluetooth

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 8:52 PM

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ rfkill list bluetooth
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
[dan@archlinux ~]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 8:53 PM

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Yep

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rfkill unblock bluetooth

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And reboot once again

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 8:53 PM

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ok rebooting

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so after rebooting

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ rfkill list bluetooth
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

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but then I have to run systemctl start bluetooth like I always run

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and then it changes to

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ rfkill list bluetooth
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
[dan@archlinux ~]$

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no bluetooth working

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maybe its not powered on?

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there's no light on the bluetooth usb stick anymore

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used to be a small blue led on it

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 8:58 PM

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spice island maybe its not powered on?

Probably

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 8:58 PM

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how power it on

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 8:58 PM

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Unblock it again but dont reboot

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 8:59 PM

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unbocked, still seems powered off

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:00 PM

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Hmm

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journalctl -u bluetooth.service -f

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Lets see if the bluetooth service is the culprit

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See if there are any errors or actions that might explain why it’s getting soft-blocked after starting the service

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:01 PM

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if we get this working there's door dash pizza if u want it

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on me

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:02 PM

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Can you send the logs here

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:02 PM

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ journalctl -u bluetooth.service -f

Send a message in "Getting a usb bluetooth adapter to work"
Apr 20 21:57:31 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.27 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_0
Apr 20 21:57:31 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.27 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_duplex_1
Apr 20 21:57:31 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.27 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_duplex_0
Apr 20 21:57:31 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.27 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream
Apr 20 21:57:31 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.27 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream_duplex
Apr 20 21:57:31 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.27 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05
Apr 20 21:57:31 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.27 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05
Apr 20 21:57:31 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.27 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05_duplex
Apr 20 21:57:31 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.27 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05_duplex
Apr 20 21:57:32 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: src/adv_monitor.c:btd_adv_monitor_power_down() Unexpected NULL btd_adv_monitor_manager object upon power down
^C
bash: Send: command not found
[dan@archlinux ~]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:03 PM

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Ill look thru the frikin source meanwhile try this bluetoothctl scan on

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:04 PM

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btw I just tried right click on blueman and select bluetooth on and it gave this msg

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Apr 20 22:03:41 archlinux bluetoothd[2157]: Failed to set mode: Authentication Failed (0x05)

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ bluetoothctl scan
Missing on/off/bredr/le argument
[dan@archlinux ~]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:05 PM

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rm -r ~/.cache/blueman rm -r ~/.config/blueman

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:05 PM

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ rm -r ~/.cache/blueman
rm -r ~/.config/blueman
rm: cannot remove '/home/dan/.cache/blueman': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove '/home/dan/.config/blueman': No such file or directory
[dan@archlinux ~]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:05 PM

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brittle hemlock `rm -r ~/.cache/blueman rm -r ~/.config/blueman`

Since your mac is changed

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:05 PM

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spice island [dan@archlinux ~]$ rm -r ~/.cache/blueman rm -r ~/.config/blueman rm: cannot rem...

Uhh

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Where did blueman saved

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:06 PM

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ whereis blueman
blueman: /usr/lib/blueman /usr/share/blueman
[dan@archlinux ~]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:06 PM

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I mean its already paired

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When you clicked on that at blueman it tried to connect to an already paired thing probably

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But got rejected since your mac is now diffirent

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:07 PM

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im bit lost now

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one thing is that there's no blue light on the usb adapter anymore

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feel like its not powered on

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ bluetoothctl list
Controller 8C:68:8B:A0:80:4C archlinux [default]
[dan@archlinux ~]$ bluetoothctl power on
[CHG] Controller 8C:68:8B:A0:80:4C PowerState: off-enabling
Failed to set power on: org.bluez.Error.Failed
[dan@archlinux ~]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:10 PM

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dmesg | grep -i bluetooth

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God i love bluez error messages

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:12 PM

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brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:12 PM

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Just failed

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:12 PM

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spice island

As text maybe?

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:12 PM

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its too long to paste

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can do it in 2 parts

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ sudo dmesg | grep -i bluetooth

Send a message in "Getting a usb bluetooth adapter to work"
[sudo] password for dan:
[ 1.051507] usb 1-2: Product: Bluetooth 5.4 Radio
[ 3.151591] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 3.151624] NET: Registered PF_BLUETOOTH protocol family
[ 3.151625] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 3.151630] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 3.151632] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 3.151635] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 3.228967] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: examining hci_ver=0a hci_rev=000b lmp_ver=0a lmp_subver=8761
[ 3.229977] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1
[ 3.229985] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761bu_fw.bin
[ 3.232308] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761bu_config.bin
[ 3.232520] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: cfg_sz 6, total sz 30210
[ 3.387958] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: fw version 0xdfc6d922
[ 46.871445] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 46.871450] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 46.871455] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 46.874840] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:13 PM

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Pastebin maybe?

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Actually sure

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:13 PM

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[ 46.924254] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 46.924267] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 46.924272] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 49.057272] Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x0c03 failed: -110
[ 145.189191] Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x0c03 failed: -110
[ 166.186190] Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x0c03 failed: -110
[ 211.301299] usb 1-2: Product: Bluetooth 5.4 Radio
[ 211.308020] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: examining hci_ver=0a hci_rev=000b lmp_ver=0a lmp_subver=8761
[ 211.309004] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1
[ 211.309014] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761bu_fw.bin
[ 211.309556] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761bu_config.bin
[ 211.309668] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: cfg_sz 6, total sz 30210
[ 211.460035] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: fw version 0xdfc6d922
[ 211.527408] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[ 581.788693] Bluetooth: hci1: Opcode 0x0c03 failed: -110
[ 797.562372] Bluetooth: hci1: Opcode 0x0c03 failed: -110
[ 817.591334] Bluetooth: hci1: Opcode 0x0c03 failed: -110
[ 943.005701] Bluetooth: hci1: Opcode 0x0c03 failed: -110
bash: Send: command not found
[dan@archlinux ~]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:13 PM

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The bluettoth has rtl8761bu chipset bte

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:13 PM

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yea it's realtek, someone posted me this link but its all alien to me

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https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0bda-a728

A database of all the hardware that works under linux

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:14 PM

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I just wonder

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sudo pacman -S linux-firmware

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:14 PM

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spice island yea it's realtek, someone posted me this link but its all alien to me

It prob has support sonce its loading a firmware at logs

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:14 PM

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ sudo pacman -S linux-firmware
warning: linux-firmware-20250408.c1a774f3-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) linux-firmware-20250408.c1a774f3-1

Total Installed Size: 277.84 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:15 PM

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Hmm

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:15 PM

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it's odd how since we did the first step it no longer has blue light

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:15 PM

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It might not have drivers in linux firmware pckage

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Are you okay with using 3rd party drivers(on github)

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:16 PM

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anything that'd make it work would be over the moon

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there's this link

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https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au_bt

GitHub

GitHub - lwfinger/rtl8723au_bt: Bluetooth driver for RTL8723AE and ...

Bluetooth driver for RTL8723AE and RTL8723AU. Contribute to lwfinger/rtl8723au_bt development by creating an account on GitHub.

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:16 PM

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Wait wait

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I found

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:16 PM

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k

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:16 PM

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cd /lib/firmware/rtl_bt
sudo ln -s rtl8761b_config.bin rtl8761bu_config.bin
sudo ln -s rtl8761b_fw.bin rtl8761bu_fw.bin

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Just use tge 8761b drivers for the 8761bu

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:17 PM

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ok I ran those commands

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:17 PM

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Led not turning on means its a power issue

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Which matches this

https://fosspost.org/fix-bluetooth-rtl8761b-problem-on-linux-ubuntu-22-04

The Open Source Post

Fix Bluetooth Rtl8761b Problem On Linux (Ubuntu 22.04)

Are you having Bluetooth issue with rtl8761b or rtl8761bu firmware on Linux or Ubuntu? We have a possible fix that you can apply.

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:17 PM

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spice island ok I ran those commands

Plug in and out

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And try again

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:18 PM

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run those commands again?

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just took it out n back in

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still no light

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:20 PM

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spice island run those commands again?

Nope try using the adapter

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:20 PM

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spice island still no light

Power on?

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:20 PM

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brittle hemlock ``` cd /lib/firmware/rtl_bt sudo ln -s rtl8761b_config.bin rtl8761bu_config.bin ...

Also while running these have you got anny errors

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:21 PM

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no errors

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[dan@archlinux rtl_bt]$ systemctl start bluetooth
[dan@archlinux rtl_bt]$ cd /lib/firmware/rtl_bt
sudo ln -s rtl8761b_config.bin rtl8761bu_config.bin
sudo ln -s rtl8761b_fw.bin rtl8761bu_fw.bin
ln: failed to create symbolic link 'rtl8761bu_config.bin': File exists
ln: failed to create symbolic link 'rtl8761bu_fw.bin': File exists
[dan@archlinux rtl_bt]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:21 PM

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Yup theres errors

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:21 PM

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think it's because ran it 2nd time

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first time seemed no error

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:22 PM

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sudo mv rtl8761bu_config.bin rtl8761bu_config.bin.bkp
sudo ln -s rtl8761b_config.bin rtl8761bu_config.bin
sudo mv rtl8761bu_fw.bin rtl8761bu_fw.bin.bkp
sudo ln -s rtl8761b_fw.bin rtl8761bu_fw.bin

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Try this

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:22 PM

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done

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no errors

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:23 PM

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Plug in and out

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Then try powering it on

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:24 PM

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no luck

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to power it on im doing

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systemctl start bluetooth

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and right clickling blueman gui thing and selecting power on

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:24 PM

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bluetoothctl power on

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Try this way to see if any errors

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:25 PM

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[dan@archlinux rtl_bt]$ bluetoothctl power on
[CHG] Controller 8C:68:8B:A0:80:4C PowerState: off-enabling
Failed to set power on: org.bluez.Error.Failed
[dan@archlinux rtl_bt]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:25 PM

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Could you try rebooting by any chance

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:25 PM

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sure

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rebooted

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doing bluetoothctl power on again

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its stuck like that

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:27 PM

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Service started?

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:28 PM

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^C[dan@archlinux ~]$ systemctl start bluetooth
[dan@archlinux ~]$ bluetoothctl power on
Failed to set power on: org.bluez.Error.Busy
[dan@archlinux ~]$

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wait i just tried right click on blueman and power on

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then tried this

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ bluetoothctl power on
[CHG] Controller 8C:68:8B:A0:80:4C PowerState: off-enabling
hci0 class of device changed: 0x6c010c
[CHG] Controller 8C:68:8B:A0:80:4C Class: 0x006c010c (7078156)
hci0 new_settings: powered connectable discoverable bondable ssp br/edr le secure-conn
Changing power on succeeded
[CHG] Controller 8C:68:8B:A0:80:4C PowerState: on
[CHG] Controller 8C:68:8B:A0:80:4C Powered: yes
[dan@archlinux ~]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:29 PM

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WORKE

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YES

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Hell yeah brotha

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:29 PM

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omfg bro

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:29 PM

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Connect to something!!

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:29 PM

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u did it!!!

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:30 PM

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Its a bit diy solution but

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:30 PM

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can I ask for a ELI5 what the issue was incase i ever reinstall arch

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:30 PM

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What we did is

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:30 PM

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spice island can I ask for a ELI5 what the issue was incase i ever reinstall arch

Sure

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So the chipset this thing has is rtl8761bu

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This chipset has a firmware/driver, but its broken.

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:32 PM

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brittle hemlock ``` sudo mv rtl8761bu_config.bin rtl8761bu_config.bin.bkp sudo ln -s rtl8761b_co...

So we changed its name to <originalname.bkp> and linked/replaced the rtl8761b which is a really similar chipsets drivers to it

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:32 PM

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brittle hemlock ``` sudo mv rtl8761bu_config.bin rtl8761bu_config.bin.bkp sudo ln -s rtl8761b_co...

You might want to save these somewhere

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:33 PM

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im gonna be saving this entire convo

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btw just managed for first time to walk around entire home with no stuttering or cutting out of headphones

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:))

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:33 PM

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brittle hemlock Then ``` sudo udevadm control --reload-rules sudo udevadm trigger ```

Also these

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:33 PM

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spice island btw just managed for first time to walk around entire home with no stuttering or...

Great!!

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:33 PM

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made my day, owe u a pizza any time

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:33 PM

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Now you can enjoy your musics or podcasts nonstop

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:34 PM

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yep

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im asbergers so always need be listening to like chill bladerunner type things or white noise

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:34 PM

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spice island made my day, owe u a pizza any time

Happy to hear that dude

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:34 PM

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first thing we did was disable the AX210 bluetooth right

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:34 PM

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Yes the udev rule

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:35 PM

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brittle hemlock Then ``` sudo udevadm control --reload-rules sudo udevadm trigger ```

These disable the ax210(with the 2cmessages above that)

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:35 PM

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brittle hemlock If you want to revert later ``` sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/99-disable-ax210-blue...

These revert the ax210 disable

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:36 PM

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brittle hemlock ``` sudo mv rtl8761bu_config.bin rtl8761bu_config.bin.bkp sudo ln -s rtl8761b_co...

These fix the dongle

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:36 PM

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ah so basically the kernel had similar-ish drivers that we used instead?

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:37 PM

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And these revert the dongle fix(incase)

sudo rm rtl8761bu_config.bin
sudo mv rtl8761bu_config.bin.bkp rtl8761bu_config.bin
sudo rm rtl8761bu_fw.bin
sudo mv rtl8761bu_fw.bin.bkp rtl8761bu_fw.bin

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:37 PM

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spice island ah so basically the kernel had similar-ish drivers that we used instead?

Exactly

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:37 PM

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ur a genius

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for real DM me any time for that pizza

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im in the UK, assuming u are USA

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:38 PM

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spice island im in the UK, assuming u are USA

Not really

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Thats why i cant sadly accept

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I'm from turkey

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:38 PM

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ahhh

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:38 PM

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But thanks for offering still

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:38 PM

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jealous u got the good kebabs there

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thanks for the help, learnt some things too

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:39 PM

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Btw rtl8761bu (the chipset on your dongle) and rtl8761b is no diffirent

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The u there just means USB

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So you shouldnt have any feature loss

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:40 PM

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spice island thanks for the help, learnt some things too

Trust me playing with the kernel is fun

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:40 PM

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is it basically a bug in the kernel?

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guess its not that often people buy this specific usb adapter

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it says windows support only on amazon

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:40 PM

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spice island is it basically a bug in the kernel?

A bug in the included rtl8761bu driver

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:41 PM

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spice island it says windows support only on amazon

Anything can be worked on linux, if youre crazy enough to make your own driver or find one that works

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:41 PM

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everytime I reboot, do I do systemctl start bluetooth and then bluetoothctl power on?

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:41 PM

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spice island everytime I reboot, do I do systemctl start bluetooth and then bluetoothctl powe...

So about systemctl start bluetooth you can avoid that

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By

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systemctl enable bluetooth

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This will make it autostart

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:42 PM

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I had a feeling that it'd work on linux just because from my very limited knowlege, most chips have firmware in kernel

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:42 PM

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Reboot to see if it comes powered on after a reboot

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:42 PM

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[dan@archlinux ~]$ systemctl enable bluetooth
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.bluez.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service'.
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.target.wants/bluetooth.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service'.
[dan@archlinux ~]$

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:43 PM

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If not i can craft a udev rule to automate thst

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:43 PM

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its a little shame that the AX210 wasn't good enough, I don't think it's the chip's fault, just the internal antenna is too weak

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it's a tiny mini-pc

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:44 PM

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spice island its a little shame that the AX210 wasn't good enough, I don't think it's the chi...

Probably antenna is weak

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I work with radios and stuff

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:44 PM

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yeah its like just a string inside

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:44 PM

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And generally the antenna is the bottleneck of radios

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:45 PM

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^ vs that that you just got working

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:45 PM

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For example you can reach USA from UK with a 5W radio and a good gain antenna but you cant with a 100W radio and bad gain antenna

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:45 PM

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spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:46 PM

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brittle hemlock For example you can reach USA from UK with a 5W radio and a good gain antenna bu...

i was gonna ask how you know so much about this stuff

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:46 PM

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spice island i was gonna ask how you know so much about this stuff

Its a hobby called amateur radio

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:46 PM

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u ever listen to air traffic control or police ?

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:46 PM

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If you want to check out prob you might have an amateur radio club in your area

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:46 PM

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spice island u ever listen to air traffic control or police ?

I do listen to air traffic controlp

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Actually lets move the convo to dms

spice island Apr 20, 2025, 9:47 PM

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k

brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:47 PM

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For sake of this channel's future visitors

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@spice island
Dont forget to save the commands

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Also

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... solved

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brittle hemlock Apr 20, 2025, 9:58 PM

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:)

#[SOLVED] Getting a usb bluetooth adapter to work