cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41957406
Exact problem as this archwiki forum post
I have also tried everything and at last here I am asking for any help, otherwise I don’t think I would be able to continue using Linux on this laptop. I’ve tried everything from changing the kernel package to enabling all firmwares to using every kernel parameter I can find everything, nothing says any error or something anywhere. Only error i can find is
hci device capabilities -22
First of all thank you. So yes I have a dual boot system, with windows and nixos.
I tried turning the bluetooth off in windows and booting into nixos, but it didn’t work. And I am sure it’s not a hardware issue because bluetooth works in windows.
I tried cold booting as well with same results.
There are no proper logs as well that suggest anything, in lsmod, lsusb, hciconfig, dmesg (hci capabilities -22 was only one, which I think is just cosmetic).
The scan on in bluetoothctl only shows the laptop’s mac address which means bluetooth does work but somehow it’s not finding the devices to connect to.
It’s good news at least that your hardware is working.
I’m unfamiliar with nixos, you might try using different kernels. Try the latest one and maybe a few kernels behind the one your using now.
Does your bt card need firmware?
I did try the latest kernel and also the 6.1 lts kernel with no luck.
I don’t know about the firmware. Can you tell me how to check that? Thank you.
https://gist.github.com/VedantSG123/8ccc4915ea80bd79340f8e5c052cef88
So fast. Wow I couldn’t even find that resource in all my searching. So Nows the tough part, I hoped I was an expert nixos user. I will try to implement this somehow (cough vibe code), but any more hints would be appreciated. One thing I know the direction to go is patching kernel, which I have seen a repo do, so I will try to copy that.
I have no nixos experience so I would not be the best person to ask. You could try asking a new question on lemmy with the updated info asking for nixos specific help on the best way to translate the github gist to something a bit more familiar to you.
You might be able to ask the author of the github gist for advice?
Glad I could at least hopefully point you in the right direction.
I’ll do that. Thank you so much 🤗
Any time and good luck!
Brother guess what? It actually fixed it. OMG I am soo happy, at last it got fixed, i was trying it for the last week and didn’t work, but you swoop and in an instant fixed it. I just can’t thank you enough really. I am really greatful to you.
I just pointed you in the right direction. You did all the work. Glad to hear you got it going. This is the only drawback to buying niche laptops. They often require a bit of tinkering for a year or two while kernels get patched.
Nice write up by the way, might help the next person.
Still if not for you, all efforts would have been futile. Thank you for your valuable inputs.
I recommend if/when you do, add the link in this post for posterity!
Went ahead and explained it even, also posted on the original arch forum.
King
😂