Bluetooth Driver for Toshiba

[Paullaw]

For the life of me,I cannot get bluetooth working on my Toshiba laptop.Which is strange because one a previous Toshiba laptop I owned, it worked fine. I have tried using both Blueman and Blueberry and neither have worked. Can anyone point me to a driver that will fix this? Thanks.

Here is my system info:

Running Mint Cinnamon 18.1.

System: Host: paul-Satellite-C50-C Kernel: 4.4.0-78-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.2.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) dm: mdm Distro: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena
Machine: System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite C50-C v: PSCPJU-01S057
Mobo: FF50 model: 06F2 v: Type2 - Board Version Bios: INSYDE v: 5.10 date: 09/11/2015
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-5200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 8780
clock speeds: min/max: 500/2700 MHz 1: 2460 MHz 2: 2500 MHz 3: 2333 MHz 4: 2505 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
Card-2 Intel Broadwell-U Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-78-generic

[JeremyB]

Please post results from terminal for

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net; lsusb; hciconfig -a; rfkill list all; dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'

[Paullaw]

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net; lsusb; hciconfig -a; rfkill list all; dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [11ad:6655]
	Kernel driver in use: wl
	Kernel modules: bcma, wl
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 07)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [1179:f840]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
09:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5229] (rev 01)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04ca:705b Lite-On Technology Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0930:0225 Toshiba Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 05ac:12a8 Apple, Inc. iPhone5/5C/5S/6
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
hci0:	Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
	BD Address: AC:E0:10:D8:19:D7  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 64:1
	UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN 
	RX bytes:1028 acl:0 sco:0 events:62 errors:0
	TX bytes:4235 acl:0 sco:0 commands:62 errors:0
	Features: 0xff 0xfe 0xcf 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x7b 0x87
	Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3 
	Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF 
	Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT 
	Name: 'paul-Satellite-C50-C'
	Class: 0x1c010c
	Service Classes: Rendering, Capturing, Object Transfer
	Device Class: Computer, Laptop
	HCI Version: 4.0 (0x6)  Revision: 0x0
	LMP Version: 4.0 (0x6)  Subversion: 0x210b
	Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)

0: Toshiba Bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
3: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
[   15.691868] toshiba_bluetooth: Toshiba ACPI Bluetooth device driver
[   16.984989] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.21
[   16.985004] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   16.985007] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   16.985009] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   16.985013] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   17.540353] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: chip id 70
[   17.556360] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM43142A
[   17.556364] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM (001.001.011) build 0000
[   17.944380] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM.hcd failed with error -2
[   17.944387] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Patch brcm/BCM.hcd not found
[   19.946640] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x1003 tx timeout
[   26.612270] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   26.612272] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   26.612275] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[   68.576366] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   68.576372] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   68.576377] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[13712.768869] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: chip id 70
[13712.784879] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM43142A
[13712.784883] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM (001.001.011) build 0000
[13712.784899] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM.hcd failed with error -2
[13712.784901] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Patch brcm/BCM.hcd not found
[13714.790519] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x1003 tx timeout

[JeremyB]

Try

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wget https://github.com/winterheart/broadcom-bt-firmware/blob/master/brcm/BCM43142A0-0930-0225.hcd

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sudo cp BCM43142A0-0930-0225.hcd /lib/firmware/brcm/BCM.hcd

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sudo modprobe -r btusb

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sudo modprobe btusb

Then it should function

[Paullaw]

Sorry, it did not work. Also, for some reason, I could not enter my password in the terminal when it asked for it. I could not type anything. Here is what I got. Thanks for your help.

paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $ wget https://github.com/winterheart/broadcom ... 0-0225.hcd
--2017-06-07 17:39:03-- https://github.com/winterheart/broadcom ... 0-0225.hcd
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.112, 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: ‘BCM43142A0-0930-0225.hcd.2’

BCM43142A0-0930-022 [ <=> ] 32.29K --.-KB/s in 0.06s

2017-06-07 17:39:03 (572 KB/s) - ‘BCM43142A0-0930-0225.hcd.2’ saved [33070]

paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $ sudo cp BCM43142A0-0930-0225.hcd /lib/firmware/brcm/BCM.hcd
[sudo] password for paul:
paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $ sudo modprobe -r btusb
paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $ sudo modprobe btusb
paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $ ^C
paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $

[JeremyB]

Run the commands again, terminal will not show any feedback when you type your password but it will work

[Paullaw]

Sorry. still not working. Is it possible I have a hardware issue? Or are there some possible mistakes I am making? Also, thanks so much for your help.

[JeremyB]

Post results for

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dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'

[Paullaw]

paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $
paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $ dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'
[ 15.482572] toshiba_bluetooth: Toshiba ACPI Bluetooth device driver
[ 17.137968] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.21
[ 17.138072] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 17.138077] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 17.138082] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 17.138090] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 17.745719] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: chip id 70
[ 17.761725] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM43142A
[ 17.761730] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM (001.001.011) build 0000
[ 20.415522] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x0a0a tx timeout
[ 28.412062] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Patch command 0a0a failed (-110)
[ 30.520200] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x1001 tx timeout
[ 38.516782] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Reading local version info failed (-110)
[ 40.624909] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x1001 tx timeout
[ 48.621516] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Reading local version info failed (-110)
[ 49.006780] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 49.006783] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 49.006786] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $ ^C
paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $

[JeremyB]

Try a shutdown and a cold boot and see if the results of the command is the same

[Paullaw]

Result appears the same.

paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $ dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'
[ 15.537281] toshiba_bluetooth: Toshiba ACPI Bluetooth device driver
[ 17.322114] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.21
[ 17.322133] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 17.322136] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 17.322139] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 17.322145] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 17.776243] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: chip id 70
[ 17.792236] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM43142A
[ 17.792239] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM (001.001.011) build 0000
[ 20.049891] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x0a0a tx timeout
[ 28.045761] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Patch command 0a0a failed (-110)
[ 30.153733] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x1001 tx timeout
[ 38.149598] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Reading local version info failed (-110)
[ 40.257542] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x1001 tx timeout
[ 48.253402] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Reading local version info failed (-110)
[ 48.591460] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 48.591463] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 48.591465] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $ ^C
paul@paul-Satellite-C50-C ~ $

[JeremyB]

Lets try a different file

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wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/97asfkhlbl74m9y/BCM.hcd

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sudo cp BCM.hcd /lib/firmware/brcm/BCM.hcd

Shutdown and boot it up

[Paullaw]

It worked briefly. I was connected, playing music, etc. then the connection was dropped (same experience for two speakers). Then they simply would not connect anymore. I rebooted everything. I tried to different bluetooth applications, I removed and re-paired the devices (which would pair but not connect). When it was working, the connection was unstable anyway. I appreciate your help but this is no longer worth my effort. What a ridiculous pain in the ass actually. Thanks again for you help though.

[xsnac]

Lets try a different file

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wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/97asfkhlbl74m9y/BCM.hcd

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sudo cp BCM.hcd /lib/firmware/brcm/BCM.hcd

Shutdown and boot it up

Thank you so much for this! I have spent my whole evening trying to make my asus laptop bluetooth to work and your solution was the only one that worked. Thank youuu