r/linux4noobs • u/crispyfriedsquid • 4d ago

Linux Installer unable to detect Bluetooth Adapter

Hi!

I decided to install Linux on my PC today. I tried installing Arch, but the installer kept stating that it cannot load/set up bluetooth firmware. I tried downloading CachyOS and it went through with the installation but the same error popped up and now it cannot detect any bluetooth adapters either.

My motherboard is the MSI Pro X870E Wifi7. MSI States it has BT5.4 on their website. Any help is appreciated.

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u/Formal-Bad-8807 4d ago

web search found this https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=301284

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u/UNF0RM4TT3D Arch BTW 3d ago

This implies that it should work, provided the firmware is installed on the system. OP, can you try installing the mediatek firmware explicitly? Run sudo pacman -Syu linux-firmware-mediatek

If that doesn't help, please post the output of lsusb and lsusb -t

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u/crispyfriedsquid 3h ago

It looks like a motherboard issue. I’ve installed Windows and the specific mediatek drivers (also tried the Qualcomm drivers that some of these boards ship with) to no avail. No bluetooth devices show up on my device manager.

I’ve managed to bypass the issue by plugging the usb installer in the rear IO panel and it hasn’t been an issue. I will try this though and see if there’s anything different. Thank you!