modprobe btusb error

Question

I am using a Ubuntu desktop 20.04.4 LTS with linux kernel 5.15.0-41-generic. I bought UB500 from tp-link. After plugging it doesnt turn on-off.

I tried every steps exactly and following the answer from document but it's throwing an error when

~$ modprobe btusb
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'btusb': Invalid argument

~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 1038:1838 SteelSeries ApS SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1038:1260 SteelSeries ApS SteelSeries Arctis 7
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 040b:0a67 Weltrend Semiconductor Weltrend USB Mouse
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 2357:0604 TP-Link TP-Link UB500 Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

What exactly steps you did? The accepted answer is wrong for your system if you literally ran all those commands. — Pilot6, Jul 18 '22 at 09:49
Please [edit] your question and add output of `lsusb` command. — Pilot6, Jul 18 '22 at 09:51
And if you want to load a module you need to make it with sudo. — nobody, Jul 18 '22 at 09:53
@nobody The device mentioned has been added to the 5.15 kernel already and doesn't require tinkering with `btusb`. So it is an [XY Problem](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem) — Pilot6, Jul 18 '22 at 09:55
@Pilot6 I applied the accepted answer, couldn't turn it on or off before I did. But the system saw the device before. — tbturk, Jul 18 '22 at 12:55

Pilot6 · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-18T13:26:33.540

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If you have exactly the same device (TP-Link could sell another device with the same name), then you don't need to do anything to get it working.

You can see it here

So you built a wrong kernel module and replaced the correct one. You can't start it because it doesn't match the kernel version.

You can fix it this way:

Boot with a previous kernel using grub.
Reinstall the 5.15.0-41-generic linux image and modules using Synaptic.
Reboot again.

edited Jul 18 '22 at 13:26

answered Jul 18 '22 at 09:59

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It's UB500, It is written on the back of the device. – tbturk Jul 18 '22 at 12:59
thanks, its worked. – tbturk Jul 18 '22 at 13:46

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