Public bug reported: Previous version of Ubuntu worked with my USB Bluetooth dongle (I used it for Bluetooh mouse). However 140.4 LTS onwards is detecting the device, but the device cannot be enabled in any Bluetooth manager.
Linux Asus-N56V-Ubuntu 3.16.0-45-generic #60~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:16:23 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > rfkill list hci0: Bluetooth soft blocked: no hard blocked: no >lsusb .... BUS 003 DEvice 006: ID 0a5c:2039 Broadcom Corp. BCM2045 Bluetooth .... >hciconfig hci0 up Can't init device hci0: OPeration not permitted (1) >hciconfig -a TYpe: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Adress: etc etc... Have noted that this issue is common to several varieties of Bluetooth adapter, but raising this because this specific adapter did work in previous versions of ubuntu (64bit 12.10) ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: utopic -- 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/1482914 Title: BCM2045 Bluetooth USB Device detected but not working Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Previous version of Ubuntu worked with my USB Bluetooth dongle (I used it for Bluetooh mouse). However 140.4 LTS onwards is detecting the device, but the device cannot be enabled in any Bluetooth manager. Linux Asus-N56V-Ubuntu 3.16.0-45-generic #60~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:16:23 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > rfkill list hci0: Bluetooth soft blocked: no hard blocked: no >lsusb .... BUS 003 DEvice 006: ID 0a5c:2039 Broadcom Corp. BCM2045 Bluetooth .... >hciconfig hci0 up Can't init device hci0: OPeration not permitted (1) >hciconfig -a TYpe: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Adress: etc etc... Have noted that this issue is common to several varieties of Bluetooth adapter, but raising this because this specific adapter did work in previous versions of ubuntu (64bit 12.10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1482914/+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