Realtek Bluetooth adapter not working

[zach_morris]

I’m trying to get a USB bluetooth adapter working. Based on what I read in the thread here I figured that this adapter would be a good choice since it states it’s using RTL8761B.

I popped it in and it doesn’t seem to work out of the box.

bluetoothctl devices shows no default controller available
hcitool dev shows nothing

lsusb shows:

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:8771 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

dmesg shows the following when I plug in the device:

usb 1-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci-hcd
usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8771
usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-1.4: Product: Bluetooth Radio
usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: Realtek
usb 1-1.4: Serial Number: 00E04C239987
Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: examining hci_ver=0a hci_rev=000b lmp_ver=0a lmp_subver=8761
Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761b_config.bin
Bluetooth: hci0: Direct firmware load for rtl_bt/rtl8761b_config.bin failed with error -2
Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: Failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8761b_config.bin
Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8761b_fw.bin
Bluetooth: hci0: Direct firmware load for rtl_bt/rtl8761b_fw.bin failed with error -2
Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: Failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8761b_fw.bin

I’m using Emuelec if that matters (but it’s a straight fork of CoreElec).
Is there anything else specific I can do to troubleshoot or info I can provide?

Thanks in advance

[Compent]

If you are using he standalone version of Emuelec, then it is independent of Corelec, so may not have the bluetooth support for this adapter yet.

It is worth posting a request for support on the Emuelec Forum

[zach_morris]

Yep, I surmised after posting that might be the issue. I’ll do that, thanks!