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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0008204 | Kali Linux | Kali Package Bug | public | 2023-03-05 09:51 | 2023-03-31 03:02 |
Reporter | jexbox1987 | Assigned To | arnaudr | ||
Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
Product Version | 2022.4 | ||||
Fixed in Version | 2023.1 | ||||
Summary | 0008204: KDEConnect & Bluetooth Services does not start | ||||
Description | Bluetooth Service Missing Firmware for Old Atheros Bluetooth chipset. | ||||
Steps To Reproduce | Bluetooth Service: Lets assume, even if it had all the bluetooth firmware in place, regardless that, the service won't start The System Settings services section, Although Bluetooth service is Ticked, it still doesn't start. KDEConnect: KDEConnect doesn't work out of the box. There is no autostart service to make it run unless "nohup /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kdeconnectd &>/dev/null &" Which then creates the missing settings folder "kdeconnect" in "~/.config" Without doing the above step, the kdeconnectd wont show up any devices as no services are | ||||
Additional Information | Missing firmware folder "ark3k" present https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/firmware-nonfree request to add "nohup /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kdeconnectd &>/dev/null &" to create missing config during setup for it to | ||||
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Forget what I said above about KDE. I see that the main problem with it was missing Autostart script. KDE Connect Autostart script was missing at /etc/xdg/autostart/kdeconnectd.desktop in Fresh Install of Kali Linux. [Desktop Entry] IDK if it's a install bug in Kali or not as in Ubuntu if we install or reinstall KdeConnect package, it automatically starts the service |
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I had also an issue using KDEconnect, and I found the cause. Do this in order to make it work: it seems that kali-defaults install a commented file of the KDEconnect D-bus service, and rename the original file extracted by KDEconnect to *.original |
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KDEConnect is not started by default on Kali, and that's on purpose. It was disabled about two years ago, in commit https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/kali-defaults/-/commit/67997942d2e8bfcbf1e05c7229ea41ce8e944b5b The commit message says it all: <pre> This daemon listens on public interfaces (tcp/udp port 1716) and we See also: https://www.kali.org/docs/introduction/should-i-use-kali-linux/#whats-different-about-kali-linux Regarding the missing firmware ark3k: do you have logs, or something a bit more precise? Is it really ark3k or ar3k? |
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Okay thank you for mentioning about KDE. It's ar3k not ark3k I can't really give the logs now sadly, but it was firmware failed to load in red Text for Bluetooth when I checked, It's just that firmware. Quite old but still why not have 200kb I attached the firmware folder I downloaded from kali firmware repository |
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From what I can see, those files are included in the package firmware-atheros: <pre> Can you check if this package is installed? Also, where did you see the error messages, was it during the Kali installer (which version, 2022.4 or weekly?), or in the journal logs? |
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I use this image kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso which isn't a weekly. It happens on fresh install, and no errors during setup or installation of the Kali os. During the setup, I usually don't install the tools that come with it. After booting on a fresh install, So everytime I have to install that firmware just for this chipset Atheros. Also the bluetooth service doesn't start even though its tick inside the system setting -> autostart -> bluetooth. I don't the process I went through to make my bluetooth work, usually I went through some stackoverflow thread from which I ran the commands. anyways the bluetooth chipset is : idVendor 0x0cf3 Qualcomm Atheros Communications |
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I found out that firmware are not installed by default if you don't install tools. It looks like a bug. I will discuss that with the team to see how we can improve that. |
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So this is fixed in version 2023.1, if you install Kali without tools, firmware will still be installed, so bluetooth should work |
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Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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2023-03-05 09:51 | jexbox1987 | New Issue | |
2023-03-05 21:28 | jexbox1987 | Note Added: 0017615 | |
2023-03-06 13:24 |
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Note Added: 0017616 | |
2023-03-06 15:00 | arnaudr | Note Added: 0017618 | |
2023-03-06 15:01 | arnaudr | Note Edited: 0017618 | |
2023-03-06 15:54 | jexbox1987 | File Added: firmware-nonfree-kali-master-ar3k.zip | |
2023-03-06 15:54 | jexbox1987 | Note Added: 0017620 | |
2023-03-06 16:55 | arnaudr | Note Added: 0017621 | |
2023-03-06 17:21 | jexbox1987 | Note Added: 0017622 | |
2023-03-07 05:34 | arnaudr | Note Added: 0017625 | |
2023-03-07 05:34 | arnaudr | Note Edited: 0017625 | |
2023-03-17 14:07 | arnaudr | Note Added: 0017682 | |
2023-03-31 03:02 | arnaudr | Assigned To | => arnaudr |
2023-03-31 03:02 | arnaudr | Status | new => resolved |
2023-03-31 03:02 | arnaudr | Resolution | open => fixed |
2023-03-31 03:02 | arnaudr | Fixed in Version | => 2023.1 |