By the way, I just confirmed that disabling "asus-nb-wmi" allows me to bring hci0 up and use the bluetooth module.
The command sequence is the following: `sudo rmmod asus-nb-wmi` `sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth` (this would usually completely disconnect the bluetooth module) `sudo hciconfig hci0 up` At this time, you can use Bluez normally. Of course, the side effect of removing "asus-nb-wmi" is that I lose all the "function-keys" (Brightness control, volume control, etc). As soon as I bring this module back up with modprobe, the bluetooth module is disconnected again. I got this information from this comment at ask-Ubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/a/541546/25561 Does this mean that we should file a bug report for asus-nb-wmi module? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1209124 Title: Support for Intel 7260 bluetooth [8087:07dc] Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Some 7260 modules are found in the newly released systems. It needs external firmware to work. Support for this module can be found in 3.10 and need to be backported to 3.5 and 3.8. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1209124/+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
