Bluetooth -> AR8161

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Hallo guys,
I recently purchased a new notebook with AR8161 (Ethernet/bluetooth) controller. At first neither Ethernet nor bluetooth were working but i managed to build and install the ethernet driver (alx) from the compat-wireless-pc driver package.
I understand it’s still in the testing process and that is why is not still integrated in kernel yet, my problem is to get the bluetooth part of the controller working. Has anyone manage to get this working in opensuse? I would appreciate any help.
Thankx in advace!
Best Regards
Tschank

My Opensuse version ->12.2

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On Thu 01 Nov 2012 09:36:01 PM CDT, tschank wrote:

Hallo guys,
I recently purchased a new notebook with AR8161 (Ethernet/bluetooth)
controller. At first neither Ethernet nor bluetooth were working but i
managed to build and install the ethernet driver (alx) from the
compat-wireless-pc driver package.
I understand it’s still in the testing process and that is why is not
still integrated in kernel yet, my problem is to get the bluetooth part
of the controller working. Has anyone manage to get this working in
opensuse? I would appreciate any help.
Thankx in advace!
Best Regards
Tschank

My Opensuse version ->12.2

Hi
Have you checked via the rfkill command it’s not blocked?

Does the device appear in the output from lspci?

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rfkill:
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 08)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

it seems to be blocked what should i do?

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On Thu 01 Nov 2012 11:16:01 PM CDT, tschank wrote:

rfkill:
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

it seems to be blocked what should i do?

Hi
As root;


rfkill unblock 1

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop
up 4 days 0:18, 6 users, load average: 0.10, 0.12, 0.09
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

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I have done that it is now unblocked but bluetooth is still not working :frowning:

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On Thu 01 Nov 2012 11:46:02 PM CDT, tschank wrote:

I have done that it is now unblocked but bluetooth is still not working
:frowning:

Hi
Does it appear if you run;


hciconfig

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openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop
up 4 days 1:41, 5 users, load average: 0.29, 0.08, 0.07
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU