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I am trying to get my MPOW BH519A Bluetooth adapter to work. There are similar posts, including one on this adapter. Unfortunately, I tried them all and nothing helped. I have already tested some commands like:
  • sudo apt install blueman
  • sudo make install INTERFACE=all (MPOW Linux Driver download, inside of the folder ran this command)
  • sudo mv -v ~/Downloads/rtl8761b_config /usr/lib/firmware/rtl_bt/rtl8761b_config.bin
  • snap install bluez4
  • snap install bluez
  • sudo apt install bluez bluez-obexd
  • sudo apt-get install bluez-utils libopemnobex1
  • sudo apt reinstall bluez
  • sudo blueman-manager

Im not even able to make the led run. I managed to set the control to on, but it says "no bluetooth adapter found". After several attempts with different commands, I was not even able to set the control to on.


I have the feeling that I may have duplications or simply overlook something essential since I am a complete Ubuntu beginner.

Here are a number of ouputs. Unfortunately I don't know in detail which information is helpful for you.

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal

~$ dmesg | grep -i bluetooth
[ 2.308927] usb 3-2: Product: Bluetooth Radio
[ 18.340266] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 18.340297] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 18.340301] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 18.340303] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 18.340306] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 55.439177] audit: type=1400 audit(1627551927.132:64): apparmor="DENIED" operation="create" profile="snap.bluetooth-autostart.autostart-bluetooth" pid=883 comm="hciconfig" family="bluetooth" sock_type="raw" protocol=1 requested_mask="create" denied_mask="create"

[ 65.993297] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 65.993300] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 65.993305] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized

~$ echo "options btusb enable_autosuspend=0" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/btusb.conf
options btusb enable_autosuspend=0

~$ systemctl | grep -i blue
run-snapd-ns-bluetooth\x2dautostart.mnt.mount loaded active mounted /run/snapd/ns/bluetooth-autostart.mnt

snap-bluetooth\x2dautostart-10.mount loaded active mounted Mount unit for bluetooth-autostart, revision 10

bluetooth.service loaded active running Bluetooth service

● snap.bluetooth-autostart.autostart-bluetooth.service loaded failed failed Service for snap application bluetooth-autostart.autostart-bluetooth

~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2357:0109 TP-Link TL WN823N RTL8192EU
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:2550 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

I appreciate every answer.

[EDIT]

20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/uart/bluetooth_uart_driver/hci_ldisc.c:1086:22: error: assignment to ‘ssize_t (*)(struct tty_struct *, struct file *, unsigned char , size_t, void **, long unsigned int)’ {aka ‘long int ()(struct tty_struct *, struct file *, unsigned char , long unsigned int, void **, long unsigned int)’} from incompatible pointer type ‘ssize_t ()(struct tty_struct *, struct file *, unsigned char , size_t)’ {aka ‘long int ()(struct tty_struct *, struct file *, unsigned char *, long unsigned int)’} [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] 1086 | hci_uart_ldisc.read = hci_uart_tty_read; | ^ cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

Here the code of the hci_ldisc.c file:

/*
 * We don't provide read/write/poll interface for user space.
 */
static ssize_t hci_uart_tty_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
                 unsigned char __user * buf, size_t nr)
{
    return 0;
}

static ssize_t hci_uart_tty_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
                  const unsigned char *data, size_t count)
{
    return 0;
}

static unsigned int hci_uart_tty_poll(struct tty_struct *tty,
                      struct file *filp, poll_table * wait)
{
    return 0;
}

static int __init hci_uart_init(void)
{
    static struct tty_ldisc_ops hci_uart_ldisc;
    int err;

    BT_INFO("HCI UART driver ver %s", VERSION);

    /* Register the tty discipline */

    memset(&hci_uart_ldisc, 0, sizeof(hci_uart_ldisc));
    hci_uart_ldisc.magic = TTY_LDISC_MAGIC;
    hci_uart_ldisc.name = "n_hci";
    hci_uart_ldisc.open = hci_uart_tty_open;
    hci_uart_ldisc.close = hci_uart_tty_close;
    hci_uart_ldisc.read = hci_uart_tty_read;
    hci_uart_ldisc.write = hci_uart_tty_write;
    hci_uart_ldisc.ioctl = hci_uart_tty_ioctl;
    hci_uart_ldisc.poll = hci_uart_tty_poll;
    hci_uart_ldisc.receive_buf = hci_uart_tty_receive;
    hci_uart_ldisc.write_wakeup = hci_uart_tty_wakeup;
    hci_uart_ldisc.owner = THIS_MODULE;

[EDIT] When running "sudo make install INTERFACE=usb"

mkdir -p /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/bluetooth
Start Realtek Bluetooth USB driver installation
mkdir -p /lib/firmware
Copy rtkbt-firmware/lib/firmware/rtl*_fw to /lib/firmware
cp -a rtkbt-firmware/lib/firmware/rtl*_fw /lib/firmware
Copy rtkbt-firmware/lib/firmware/rtl*_config /lib/firmware
cp -a rtkbt-firmware/lib/firmware/rtl*_config /lib/firmware
make -C usb install
make[1]: Verzeichnis „/home/ubuntu/Schreibtisch/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/usb“ wird betreten
rmmod btusb
rmmod: ERROR: Module btusb is not currently loaded
make[1]: [Makefile:7: install] Fehler 1 (ignoriert)
mv /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.ko /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/bluetooth/btusb_bak
mv: Aufruf von stat für '/lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.ko' nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
make[1]: [Makefile:8: install] Fehler 1 (ignoriert)
rmmod rtk_btusb
rmmod: ERROR: Module rtk_btusb is not currently loaded
make[1]: [Makefile:9: install] Fehler 1 (ignoriert)
make -C ./bluetooth_usb_driver
make[2]: Verzeichnis „/home/ubuntu/Schreibtisch/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/usb/bluetooth_usb_driver“ wird betreten
make -C /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic/build M=/home/ubuntu/Schreibtisch/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/usb/bluetooth_usb_driver modules
make[3]: Verzeichnis „/usr/src/linux-headers-5.11.0-27-generic“ wird betreten
make[3]: Verzeichnis „/usr/src/linux-headers-5.11.0-27-generic“ wird verlassen
make[2]: Verzeichnis „/home/ubuntu/Schreibtisch/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/usb/bluetooth_usb_driver“ wird verlassen
cp -f ./bluetooth_usb_driver/rtk_btusb.ko /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/bluetooth/rtk_btusb.ko
depmod -a 5.11.0-27-generic
make -C ./bluetooth_usb_driver clean
make[2]: Verzeichnis „/home/ubuntu/Schreibtisch/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/usb/bluetooth_usb_driver“ wird betreten
rm -rf *.o *.mod.c *.mod.o *.ko *.symvers *.order *.a
make[2]: Verzeichnis „/home/ubuntu/Schreibtisch/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/usb/bluetooth_usb_driver“ wird verlassen
echo "install rtk_btusb success!"
install rtk_btusb success!
make[1]: Verzeichnis „/home/ubuntu/Schreibtisch/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/20200610_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/usb“ wird verlassen

[Edit] lsusb

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2357:0109 TP-Link TL WN823N RTL8192EU
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0bda:2550 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[Edit] dmesg | grep -i bluetooth

[    2.334631] usb 3-2: Product: Bluetooth Radio
[   10.740679] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[   10.740735] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   10.740743] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   10.740748] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   10.740758] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   10.989363] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
[   10.989373] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
[   10.989376] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol BCSP registered
[   10.989416] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol LL registered
[   10.989419] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol ATH3K registered
[   10.989439] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
[   10.989480] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Intel registered
[   10.989537] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered
[   10.989557] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol QCA registered
[   10.989560] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol AG6XX registered
[   10.989581] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Marvell registered
[   65.224399] audit: type=1400 audit(1630557966.917:64): apparmor="DENIED" operation="create" profile="snap.bluetooth-autostart.autostart-bluetooth" pid=902 comm="hciconfig" family="bluetooth" sock_type="raw" protocol=1 requested_mask="create" denied_mask="create"
[  786.789070] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[  786.789077] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[  786.789084] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 1005.431927] usb 3-2: Product: Bluetooth Radio
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    Jul 30, 2021 at 15:40

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I had a similar issue with the same adapter - not getting recognized. Apparently, its USB pid is missing in the rtk_misc.c in the driver source package downloaded from MPOW.

Here's the fix that worked for me:

  1. Edit the file rtk_misc.c in the folder usb/bluetooth_usb_driver that you extract from the driver package downloaded from MPOW. Mine is the package named 20201202_LINUX_BT_DRIVER
  2. Copy and paste line 311 to add with the missing pid, e.g. 
    {0x2550, 0x8761, "mp_rtl8761b_fw", "rtl8761bu_fw", "rtl8761bu_config", NULL, 0}, /* MPOW BH519AB RTL8761BU only */
  3. Search for the line reading (originally line 939): 
    patch->chip_type = RTL8761BU;
  4. add the highlighted case statement above it, 
     case 0x8771:  
 case 0xa725:  
 case 0xa72A:  
 case 0x2550:
  5. save and repeat the make install to build and install the driver and try the adapter
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  • Thank you a lot for your help :D Is the pid you set here correct? If not, how can i know which i need?
    – Rakowu
    Aug 19, 2021 at 10:45
  • I posted above the error it gives me when running the make command :)
    – Rakowu
    Aug 19, 2021 at 10:52
  • Ok after testing a lot i guess it does not work due to missing btusb module : modprobe: FATAL: Module btusb not found in directory /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic
    – Rakowu
    Aug 19, 2021 at 13:04
  • From your lsusb output "Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:2550 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio" it appears you have a USB dongle so try to build only the USB driver using: "sudo make install INTERFACE=usb"
    – user487538
    Aug 20, 2021 at 22:15
  • Hi, thanks for your reply :) I edit my answer. Still not turning on the device :S
    – Rakowu
    Aug 25, 2021 at 8:58

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