Re: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading?

2012-09-05 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:37 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > I have no idea whether you actually need a newer kernel or what, > but Linux 3.2 is in squeeze-backports, e.g.: > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-486 Huh. Cool. I might give that a try,

Re: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading?

2012-09-05 Thread Mark Komarinski
(sorry for top-posting, I'm mobile) Not as bad as you'd think. We moved our compute nodes to the backport kernel without any problems. - Reply message - From: "Ben Scott" To: "Greater NH Linux User Group" Subject: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading? Date: Wed, Sep 5, 201

Re: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading?

2012-09-05 Thread Michael ODonnell
You've so far done everything right; ath3k is the correct device-specific driver for the USB gizmo in question and /lib/firmware/ath3k-1.fw is the correct firmware file, in the proper location, and the USB infrastructure even noticed the device and reported some generic info about it. Unfortunat

Re: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading?

2012-09-05 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Michael ODonnell wrote: > Unfortunately, you're likely enjoying a known bug in the > handling of that device: >https://duckduckgo.com/?q=0cf3%3A3000+firmware > ...so backports may be the path of least resistance. Gah, this thing's a maze of twisty bug report

Re: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading?

2012-09-05 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Ben Scott writes: > > Since I'm here, anyone have any recommendations for an itty-bitty > USB/Bluetooth adapter that works well? > > (I'm looking for itty-bitty because I likely will also want to use > it with my Eee netbook, and having a giant dongle sticking out the > side of the unit will d

Re: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading?

2012-09-05 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: >> Since I'm here, anyone have any recommendations for an itty-bitty >> USB/Bluetooth adapter that works well? > > "Penguin USB Bluetooth Micro Adapter for GNU / Linux" Is this a recommendation, or just what Google found? :) Look

Re: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading?

2012-09-05 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Ben Scott writes: > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > wrote: > >> Since I'm here, anyone have any recommendations for an itty-bitty > >> USB/Bluetooth adapter that works well? > > > > "Penguin USB Bluetooth Micro Adapter for GNU / Linux" > > Is this a recommendation, or

Re: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading?

2012-09-05 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: >>> "Penguin USB Bluetooth Micro Adapter for GNU / Linux" > > It's closer to `what Google found'. ThinkPenguin was one of the > `consumer Linux computer companies' that I found as part of > a big investigative task that I undertook about a