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Installing single firmware file

Postby jimg » Jul 6th, '13, 03:54

I just got my bluetooth working after I figured out that I didn't have the necessary firmware file (ath3k-1.fw) for my internal bluetooth adapter.

For the benefit of anyone else, my adapter is a Atheros AR3011 and the link

http://hexwave.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html

suggested cloning the appropriate git repository:

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git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git


Anyway, I got the file and copied it to /lib/firmware/ and now it works beautifully.

Except that I have just circumvented the package management system, which clearly is not ideal for long-run management of the system. Does anyone have any suggestions for doing this in a more future-proof way?

Thanks,

-Jim
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Re: Installing single firmware file

Postby doktor5000 » Jul 6th, '13, 12:30

You could have asked before, and just installed kernel-firmware-nonfree package:

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