Ok, I was also looking back @ mrmagoo's suggestion, but I suspect he is not on Zorin as he talks about being able to upgrade to kernel 13
So summary is that despite everything, the current kernel is possibly not doing what we want? And I can't get any further than .11 - which I think is what I have?
As a top of my head - I need to check the kernel number installed again - BUT, if i went back to .10, assuming I have 11, might that be worth a try?
It is worth trying, yes.
You Can install higher than 5.11. Just not directly from the Zorin Bionic repo.
Zorin 16 is on 5.16.0-69
Hiya @337harvey , long time no hear from.
That was my first idea, but then, does that not auto update very time Zorin updates?
OK guys;
thx for that @337harvey turns out to me a moot point.
@Aravisian seems I jumped from 5.4 to 5.11- switching back to 5.4 of course, kills the AX210 card~
Can I share your banging wall?
Sorry, my mind is mush - how do i get a 5.10 kernel?
I read about it the other day, but now, ??
But hang on, when I was surfing the other day for updated kernels I found reference to download linux 15.? something at least.
So, is the catch here that they only run on Ubuntu 20 plus?
would this work?
Going to take my long overdue tea break now.
No hurry to reply.
In case the information is of any use here, I am on Z15.3 Core (but 64bit not 32bit). Last kernel update I received was 5.4.0-146 on 28/03/2023.
I might be late to this thread given the activity, but I have questions if you don't mind.
On plugin while running
journalctl -f
what is the output or relevant errors shown?
have you checked to see if the driver is loaded?
lsusb -t
will show you what drivers(if any) are recognized and loaded into the kernel and relevant to the usb device.
what drivers are in-kernel, are they the ones you installed?
lsmod
will show all drivers loaded into the kernel
after unplug/replug share the output of:
systemctl --failed
That was me, and it's different hardware altogether, while that driver might work, the path to resolution is unclear, meaning I feel this is a guess, unless you're seeing something I'm not linking that git repo with the specific hardware?
Thx @geekdad - yes, different hardware etc, but, what ever you throw in the air, some might just stick - meaning maybe someone can take that and go forward with it. So thanks again for your input.
Ahh @zabadabadoo, yeah, I remember, we discussed, at some length, the issue of sound in Zorin 15.3 a year or so back. Bluetooth, like the sound issue is something that has plagued Linux, or at lest Ubuntu for seemingly ever.
Then we wonder why people prefer to stick with Windows~
I mean look around, what doesn't run off bluetooth these days? Even my almost decade old Samsung note runs BT devices no hassle.
Anyway rant aside, you can enable BT?
But I guess not using an Intel AX210 card?
See the very bottom of this post:
That's the latest firmware file for the AX210. That should get bluetooth working.
Hello, can I just clarify what Linux you are running please?
I am 18.4 Ubuntu - Zorin 15.3
I am not confident enough to be messing round with kernels from version 20. something.
Cheers
'morning @337harvey , yes, I saw that and quickly read it. I've sort of cooled on going back, given the comment that even version 5.10 was dodgy.
Now more focused on trying to find a way to go to at least version 5.12 or above. Something more definite. If we can maybe it will be beneficial for others. I mean @zabadabadoo and I can't be the only 15.3 diehards and at some point, someone might want to install an AX210 card.
@Mr_Magoo's suggestion looks promising if I could be sure it would work on 15.3 without crashing the entire system. I've played around with kernel before with disastrous results, not keen to relive that experience.
If I could share something with you that I found out recently when attempting to patch my kernel to better support fan control and thermal management, maybe it could help answer some questions or confusion I think I noticed and clear things up where kernel versions are concerned. If not, I apologize for wasting anyone's time, especially the OP. Definitely don't want to hijack anything here.
For my purposes, I was trying to find out if the 6.2.1 or 6.2.7 to which I was looking to migrate, had the patch I needed and thus farther along than the 5.15 I was on previously; at least in terms of development and hardware support.
I was confused at first when I found that the 6.2 kernel I was considering might not contain the patches or be farther along than the 5.15 kernel I was running previously, until I found this out:
What I found out is that kernel 5.15 is technically considered to be a more recent kernel version than the 6.2.1 or the 6.2.7 I'm running now. If only because the 6.# variants are still under development.
Along those lines, Linux kernel version numbering follows a system where the first digit indicates the major version, the second digit indicates the minor version, and the third digit indicates the patch level.
So in your case, 5 is the major version, 3 is the minor version, and 6.2.1 is a separate major.minor.patch release to a kernel on which it was based (like 5.15 or similar).
That said:
For hardware support in 15.3, a patch would probably be needed and that, I've also found, is a tricky and complicated process. This possibility might be further emphasized when taking into consideration your mention of appreciating the distros which use the earlier kernels. This leads me to believe you might consider entertaining the possibility of patching your kernel or installing a non-standard kernel like 6.#..., if you want to stay on the lower versions of a distro but also run a higher kernel for better hardware support using a more modern/updated WiFi card with BT capability.
You could, for instance, look into the tuxinvader ppa, or using kernel.org to find and use a v6.# kernel based on 5.3 (or even 5.10) if one even exists, which includes the driver support for your card, and install that v6.# kernel.
Hope I didn't lose anyone or goof and mess up my info. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Sorry I think I may not have worded my post clearly enough; that's what I was trying to say. OP was using an outdated kernel (5.3) version and was much more likely to get the hardware support needed to use the new card by changing their kernel, as you suggested, or at the very least beginning the massive overhaul of their own - rather outdated kernel - and patching the 5.3 somehow.
I think there may be a loss in translation or my wording was befuddled when I tried to make that point.
Sorry for detracting from yours and OP's main point though. I'll likely leave it to the more experienced people on here to answer difficult issues such as these which I clearly don't understand well enough.
Hiya @ajo001 , technical mistranslation aside, thanks for your input. As i said before, someone else's idea might just spark another idea in someone else. That way we progress.
I found your post useful and in some ways, tied in with (I think) @Mr_Magoo.
Just to clarify though, I was running kernel 5.11 - which, according to Intel is sufficient to run the card- no mention of BT though.
So again, thanks for weighing in - my position is; I listen to everything anyone has to say. Maybe it is irrelevant, impractical, but we don't know till we listen.
The world needs to listen more.
Cheers
Bic
Zorin Core 16.2r-1 with ZFS file system
uname -a
Linux HP-Laptop 5.15.0-58-lowlatency #64~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Fri Jan 6 18:45:25 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
That shouldn't matter, as the file mentioned in my prior post is the firmware file for the AX210, so it should work no matter the Linux version.
I've got an older version of that file on my system than that provided in the link, so if you want to try something nearer to your version, let me know and I'll figure out a way to get that file to you. The file in the link provided, however, is the latest and greatest, so it should have more bugs fixed.
If you rename your existing file, then download and drop the new file into /lib/firmware/intel, if the new file doesn't work, you can just delete it, rename the old file back to its original name, and you're back to your original setup.
UPDATE Saturday, April first.
1/ thx to everyone who weighed in.
2/ Working from a post by @Mr_Magoo and later a tut by @joshuaorbit I installed mainline and upgraded to the latest kernel.
#/ BT failed
#downgraded to 6.09 (per tut) BT failed
#downgraded to 5.15- BT failed.
3/ Removed AX 210 card, replaced original.
!BT functional.
I think I have read everything on line over the past week, I have tried so many options I am now looping. So am puting this on hold. Will look at any ideas anyone else has or revisit anywhere I might have gone wrong.
Thx again.
Bic
