On elementary OS Loki, adding xenial-proposed and upgrading resulted in a functional bluetooth device. The upgrade did, however, upgrade a lot of packages so I just have to assume the fix is was added from this bug. All that said, it's nice to have bluetooth working. Thank you for all that you do!
For reference, the files added/updated were: The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-headers-4.13.0-36 linux-headers-4.13.0-36-generic linux-image-4.13.0-36-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-36-generic The following packages will be upgraded: bamfdaemon bluez bluez-cups bluez-obexd bsdutils console-setup console-setup-linux cpp-5 g++-5 gcc-5 gcc-5-base gnome-accessibility-themes initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin initramfs-tools-core keyboard-configuration libasan2 libatomic1 libaudit-common libaudit1 libbamf3-2 libblkid1 libbluetooth3 libcc1-0 libcilkrts5 libfdisk1 libgcc-5-dev libgomp1 libitm1 liblsan0 libmount1 libmpx0 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulse0 libpulsedsp libpython-stdlib libquadmath0 libsane libsane-common libsmartcols1 libstdc++-5-dev libstdc++6 libtsan0 libubsan0 libuuid1 linux-firmware linux-generic-hwe-16.04 linux-headers-generic-hwe-16.04 linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 linux-libc-dev mount pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils python python-minimal sane-utils ubuntu-drivers-common util-linux uuid-runtime -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747336 Title: need linux-firmware for rtl bt ( 0bda:b023) Status in HWE Next: New Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux-firmware source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: == SRU Justification == [Test Case] boot the system and connnect the bt devices, all works well [Fix] Backport the uptream patch [Regression Potential] This only adds new firmware files, so no potential for regressions with already working hardware. --- rtl8822b_config.bin rtl8822b_fw.bin in the /lib/firmware/rtl_bt/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1747336/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
