Dracut and bluetooth. where is this documented?

[theking2 (John King)]

dracut[W]: If you need to use bluetooth, please include it explicitly

[sketch-exe (Shivank Sharma)]

Do I need to worry if I upgraded to kernel 6.12.7-200.fc41 - dracut bluetooth?

Hi, I have just run sudo dnf update and received the following error. Should I worry about this output before I reboot: >>> dracut[W]: If you need to use bluetooth, please include it explicitly. >>> dracut[W]: If you need to use bluetooth, please include it explicitly. The full log: Updating and loading repositories: Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates 100% | 15.4 …

Does your system rely on bluetooth during the stages of booting up?
If no then it is not an issue rather just a warning.

[theking2 (John King)]

@sketch-exe

the stages of booting up?

I have a kemove keyboard. love to have it working to select a kernel or de. Or do troubleshooting if Fedora decides not to boot normally, which happens too often.

[theking2 (John King)]

@sketch-exe

Does your system rely on bluetooth during the stages of booting up?
If no then it is not an issue rather just a warning.

But from your reply I understand: No, this is not documented and the developer found it a good idea to include and obsure text (do I need to use Bluetooth? Hell, yes, need to use bluetooth, why the question?) And than failed to document this for an AI to pick up and try to make sense of it.

[theking2 (John King)]

@mjg

Also, you can always choose to boot with an earlier kernel (from the grub menu) if you should need to

How exactly does this solve anything?

$ sudo dracut --regenerate-all --force
dracut[W]: If you need to use bluetooth, please include it explicitly.
dracut[W]: If you need to use bluetooth, please include it explicitly.
dracut[W]: If you need to use bluetooth, please include it explicitly.

where

/etc/dracut.conf.d/bt.conf

add_dracutmodules+=" bluetooth "

Results in bluetooth keyboard no longer found at logon

[grumpey (Joe Walker)]

Moved your other post here for additional background information.

Does your keyboard work in the desktop environment if you remove the bt.conf and rebuild the initramfs and reboot?

If so maybe try rebuilding the initramfs with the keyboard connected and working.

[l-c-g (Lars)]

@theking2

Or do troubleshooting if Fedora decides not to boot normally, which happens too often.

That is not my experience, my systems have been rock solid for several years now. But from your various threads, I had already picked up that your systems seem to experience frequent issues.

@theking2

No, this is not documented and the developer found it a good idea to include and obsure text

We seem to have quite different ideas what constitutes obscure text. To me, “if you need it, include it” is about as clear as it could get.

@theking2

(do I need to use Bluetooth? Hell, yes, need to use bluetooth, why the question?)

Well, none of my systems use Bluetooth for a keyboard, and only my laptop has a BT mouse connected sometimes. And I never felt I needed that in my initramfs. That’s probably why the warning to ‘include it yourself if needed’ exists, so the few people who really need it, see it and can include it.

[theking2 (John King)]

@l-c-g

That’s probably why the warning to ‘include it yourself if needed’ exists

I need bluetooth. How would I know if I need it in the kernel? I filed an issue to change the text to a more accurate:

If you need to use bluetooth during boot, please add it as a module.

@l-c-g

That is not my experience, my systems have been rock solid for several years now.

I’m not sure what you mean here. but I agree: in between the occasional crashes and boot errors the system runs smoothly on my laptop (Lenov P61), my workstation and my media center (both Intel i7-7700k based)