Updating NVIDIA Driver

I am using them since day 1 of Zorin use.
It sounds like your Bluetooth adopter is not installed properly.

Can you give me the output of this command in terminal?
lspci

I turned the mouse off and then back on and it was recognized. So halfway there. Took batteries out of keyboard and replaced. But that didn't work. The keyboard does show in the bluetooth device list as N02C7 and once in awhile it flashes Apple Wireless Keyboard for a split second. But can't get it to connect.

Here is the terminal output:

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guy@guy-iMac:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
03:00.1 SD Host controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM57765/57785 SDXC/MMC Card Reader (rev 01)
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)
06:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
07:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
07:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
07:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
07:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
07:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
08:00.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)

Can you enable Broadcom BCM4331 in driver manager?
I think this one is also governing your Bluetooth.

Mine is BCM4360 and I need this to be enabled to use Bluetooth.

Thus far, I have only been using this to manage the drivers. Since this image was taken for my original post above, I did the reinstalls and I turned on the Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver.

I don't see a way from the window in the image to turn on BCM4331. What about the sentence right below it: This device is not working. Does that mean it is broken or that it needs to be turned on?

Any ideas on what types of google searches I can do to learn about drivers?

This is how my driver settings look like.

Can you tick on the small circle at the beginning of "Using Broadcom...."?

For me, it means its driver is not enabled.

i.e. click:

Sorry, I wasn't very clear above. I have clicked on Using Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA .... and activated it. After I did that I do have wifi connectivity to the internet. And even before that my one non-apple bluetooth headset was working. But not the Apple devices. Since activating the Broadcom wireless driver, my wireless Apple mouse has been recognized and it sometimes moves the cursor. But it rarely has its clicks recognized and it loses its connectivity frequently. The wireless keyboard is recognized now and says it is connected. However, no keystrokes have ever been recognized.

I have a wired keyboard, so it is not the end of the world. Maybe someday I will stumble upon the answer to my Apple wireless woes. I may purchase or borrow a non-Apple wireless keyboard and mouse and see if it is my bluetooth or truly the Apple devices.

I recommend you to install Bluetooth Manager (Blueman) in Software. It is way more reliable than the default Bluetooth app.

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but can you elaborate what "get to Zorin on Wayland" means, exactly? The reason I ask is because I've seen this said in other posts but I don't get the concept.

At the GDM3 Login Screen, there should be a Gear Icon. If you do not see it, it can be revealed by selecting which user is logging in (Or "not listed?").
Clicking the Gear Icon gives the options for which Desktop to Login to.
Wayland is a compositor as an alternative to Xwindows. So you can find Zorin gnome Desktop on Wayland Compositor or "Zorin on Wayland" listed.

Sadly many applications do not work on Wayland as Wayland is a project in progress.

I do not think it is your hardware nor driver issue.
It is purely a connection issue.
My hardware had been running macOS till 2 years ago.

I never had a luck with a default Bluetooth connector comes with Zorin.
That is why I recommend you to install blueman and use it to connect all your Bluetooth devices.

What Aravisian says Jeremy. Sorry I wasn't able to get to the forum today until now. But Aravisian is a lot better source on Linux than I am. Talk about an understatement. haha.

Thanks again, French Press. Another idea to try.

You might also find those small articles I wrote about input system in Zorin useful:

https://forum.zorin.com/t/how-to-enable-three-finger-drag/4948/10

I installed Blueman. I have my doubts as to whether I am doing things correctly post-install. My mouse is definitely working better and maintaining a connection. Blueman says my keyboard is connected. And unlike before where I had zero keyboard functionality, I now have some of the keys working. The ones that do work, don't match what they're labeled however.

/ = +
m = 0 (zero I believe)
p = *
0 = /
o = 6
i = 5
u = 4
l = 3
k = 2
j = 1
; = -

  • = =
    . = . (match)
    Delete = Delete (match)
    9 = 9 (match)
    8 = 8 (match)
    7 = 7 (match)3

Thanks for getting me closer. Anyone seen this before? Is it a keyboard mapping issue that has a fix?

Yes, actually. On this very forum.

This thread above is when I first saw it...
There was another thread just like it a few months later, but I can't seem to get the search parameters right to find that thread.

Wow, you guys all went to a lot of work trying to solve the keyboard issue. The thread helped me solve this. It was not software or hardware related. Well sort of hardware related. But user error is the main culprit. I had my wired keyboard with numeric pad plugged in at the same time I was connecting to wireless. And my num lock on the wired keyboard was turned on. turned off the num lock and all works as expected. Have unplugged all the wired stuff now and I have my wireless keybad back. Thank goodness, the wired keypad was from the old lampshade model of the iMac. That goes back about 30 years and it was not a good keyboard then.

Thanks to everyone for helping me figure this out. The thank you sort a doesn't feel like enough.

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Is it not amazing how good the Apple hardware was back in 90's? We have an iBook from that era which is still working - albeit too slow to do anything serious on it :slight_smile:

Yes, I will always remember when I purchased my lampshade iMac. My employer had purchased a new Dell for me at the very same time. The quality of workmanship between the two devices was night and day with the advantage to the iMac. Other than the keyboard. It was real sloppy. And I still use the iMac for some games from that era.

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Nice to know my past nightmare turned out to be useful in some degree to others. Good memory + Aravisian

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