1. Gentoo WIKI
2. Fitzcarraldo's blog for installation of linux-firmware
3. Linux Wireless
This is my bluetooth chipset according to lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:3004 Atheros Communications, Inc.
lsusb -v shows:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:3004 Atheros Communications, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 224 Wireless
bDeviceSubClass 1 Radio Frequency
bDeviceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0cf3 Atheros Communications, Inc.
idProduct 0x3004
bcdDevice 0.02
iManufacturer 1 Atheros Communications
iProduct 2 Bluetooth USB Host Controller
iSerial 3 Alaska Day 2006
The steps to setting up my bluetooth:
1. Compile kernel as written in the wiki.
2. This error popped up in dmesg:
usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
Bluetooth: Patch file not found ar3k/AthrBT_0x01020200.dfu
Bluetooth: Loading patch file failed
ath3k: probe of 1-1.1:1.0 failed with error -2
3. I realised that this patch file is found in linux-firmware package. However this package installs a bunch of other firmwares which I do not need. In order to just install the firmware that I needed, I followed the instructions on Fitzcarraldo's blog.
emerge linux-firmware
cp /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware-currentversion /home/username/linux-firmware-currentversion.bak
awk '{ printf "#"; print }' /home/username/linux-firmware-currentversion.bak > /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware-currentversion
- This actually place the sign "#" in front of every line in the file so that you don't have to insert them manually.
vim /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware-currentversion
# Remove the comment symbol from the files I want to install. The files that i needed were:
ar3k/AthrBT_0x01020200.dfu
ar3k/ramps_0x01020200_26.dfu
ar3k/ramps_0x01020200_40.dfu
USE="savedconfig" emerge linux-firmware
or echo sys-kernel/linux-firmware savedconfig >> /etc/portage/package.use and emerge linux-firmware
4. Continue with the instructions on the WIKI
emerge bluez
/etc/init.d/bluetooth start
rc-update add bluetooth default
gpasswd -a username plugdev
5. For the usage of bluetooth, I installed gnome-bluetooth and gnome-user-share. Blueman and bluedevil didn't work for me.
