Bluetooth with chipset mt7925e under zorin 18 pro is not working properly. On starting OS, bluetooth is not working in general (deactivated).
Trying this in terminal (found in forum for an another chipset)
sudo modprobe -r btusb
sudo modprobe -r mt7925e
sudo modprobe mt7925e
sudo modprobe btusb
Sometimes bluetooth is starting then and it is possible to connect BT devices like mouse.
But sometimes nothing is happen after the commands. BT remains deactivated.
I need a solution where BT is starting on boot without any gaps using BT.
Many thanks.
Welcome to the forum!
Unfortunately there are myriad of issues regarding mediatek chips, and the inconsistency of them on Linux systems. As you are being made unfortunately aware of now. My laptop (which I have a replacement card coming) uses the 7921 chip, and suffer the same issues as you. They should be supported by default by certain kernel versions, but even that is not a guarantee.
My opinion? Try to find a way to either A) replace the card with something else (if possible, I haven't looked at your model yet) or B) get a different external card with verified, stable Linux support.
And maybe try an up-to-date Kernel?
My only issue with that, even with a kernel that has support, these mediatek cards a known to continue to have issues. For example, my card has technically been supported since version 5.12 (and maybe in kernel by default at 6.1? I can't recall exactly, but something around there).
mediatek — Linux Wireless documentation
And even now, the card still has connection issues. Maybe for some people it works great, but given the huge amount of complaints I read about these cards, I'd wager they don't work well for most people.
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According to various threads,
people moving to Kernal 6.14.1 or higher, saw some fixes with the blueooth and improved Wifi Speeds.
my estimate is the driver was added in 6.14.0 (ver used by zorin 18)
but had some bug or required a patch produced in 6.14.1, according to most threads i read only two people actually installed a later kernel and had that work for them, everyone else just gave up on the wifi cards for Intel or other brands.
The driver definitely exists, though
But there would be the Question in what Version and how new that is.
Hi OP, see if this has improved
in the progress of working on my weekly update thread an hour ago saw a big firmware update that specifically mentioned the mt7925 by name for bluetooth and wifi firmware.
go to your "Software Updater" once completed restart your device and let me know if this improved your situation
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