I've been trying to get my UB600 Bluetooth dongle to work, however it seems that it's not compatible out of the box. In fact, there's only 1 place with a solution how to get it to work however it seems the explanation on how to do it goes over my head. I've tried using what they gave me in konsole but some things just error and I can't seem to get around that. The fix I've been attempting is this. The issue I'm having is, it detects the Bluetooth dongle, but the computer is then unable to detect any Bluetooth devices at all. The lsusb is exactly as shown on that link as is the journalctl.
Results of lsusb | grep -i 'tp-link':
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 37ad:0600 TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter
Results of journalctl:
usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=37ad, idProduct=0600, bcdDevice= 2.00
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-1: Product: TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter
usb 1-1: Manufacturer:
usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 18694530DB8B
Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
I ran sudo dmesg | grep -i bluetooth and got this:
server@server-z87hd3:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i bluetooth
[sudo] password for server:
[647887.635955] usb 1-1: Product: TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter
[647887.709668] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[648046.220743] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: examining hci_ver=0a hci_rev=000b lmp_ver=0a lmp_subver=8761
[648046.221733] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1
[648046.222744] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: btrtl_initialize: key id 0
[648046.222748] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761bu_fw.bin
[648046.224331] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761bu_config.bin
[648046.224378] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: cfg_sz 6, total sz 30210
[648046.376751] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: fw version 0xdfc6d922
[648046.443866] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[648062.029928] usb 1-1: Product: TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter
[648062.105001] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[648220.950989] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: examining hci_ver=0a hci_rev=000b lmp_ver=0a lmp_subver=8761
[648220.951983] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1
[648220.952966] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: btrtl_initialize: key id 0
[648220.952969] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761bu_fw.bin
[648220.953197] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761bu_config.bin
[648220.953223] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: cfg_sz 6, total sz 30210
[648221.105982] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: fw version 0xdfc6d922
[648221.173128] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[648256.225222] usb 1-1: Product: TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter
[648256.298247] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[649742.374342] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[682771.713073] usb 1-1: Product: TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter
[682771.785356] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
Is there any chance somebody could explain to me like I'm a 5 year old how to apply that patch, or better yet, create a solution for me? I am running Kubuntu 26.04 on kernel 7.0.0-27-27.
Edit: Following "david" in the comments advice results.
server@server-z87hd3:~$ sudo apt install bluetooth bluez -y
[sudo: authenticate] Password:
bluez is already the newest version (5.85-4ubuntu0.1).
bluez set to manually installed.
Installing:
bluetooth
Suggested packages:
bluez-meshd
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 3
Download size: 6,600 B
Space needed: 36.9 kB / 180 GB available
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates/universe amd64 bluetooth all 5.85-4ubuntu0.1 [6,600 B]
Fetched 6,600 B in 0s (121 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package bluetooth.
(Reading database… 268329 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/bluetooth_5.85-4ubuntu0.1_all.deb…
Unpacking bluetooth (5.85-4ubuntu0.1)…
Setting up bluetooth (5.85-4ubuntu0.1)…
server@server-z87hd3:~$ sudo systemctl start bluetooth
server@server-z87hd3:~$ sudo systemctl enable bluetooth
Synchronizing state of bluetooth.service with SysV service script with /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable bluetooth
server@server-z87hd3:~$ bluetoothctl show | grep "Powered"
Powered: yes
server@server-z87hd3:~$ bluetoothctl
[NEW] Media /org/bluez/hci1
SupportedUUIDs: 0000110a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
SupportedUUIDs: 0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
Agent registered
[CHG] Controller 18:69:45:30:DB:8B Discovering: yes
[bluetoothctl]> power on#
Invalid argument on#
[bluetoothctl]> power on
Changing power on succeeded
[bluetoothctl]> agent on
Agent is already registered
[bluetoothctl]> default-agent
Default agent request successful
[bluetoothctl]> discoverable on
hci1 new_settings: powered connectable bondable ssp br/edr le secure-conn ll-privacy
[CHG] Controller 18:69:45:30:DB:8B Connectable: yes
hci1 new_settings: powered connectable discoverable bondable ssp br/edr le secure-conn ll-privacy
Changing discoverable on succeeded
[CHG] Controller 18:69:45:30:DB:8B Discoverable: yes
[bluetoothctl]> pairable on
Changing pairable on succeeded
[bluetoothctl]> scan on
SetDiscoveryFilter success
Discovery started
[bluetoothctl]>
Edit: I should specify this dongle is a Bluetooth 6.0 dongle.