I'm really sorry for this long, long delay. I have upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 in the meanwhile, and the bug still persists. What should I do? Will the output of the above commands still be useful?
Anyway, posting first. Talking later. You've waited enough already! Thank you! shashwat@shash-ubuntu-z5070:~$ lsusb; dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'; uname -a Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 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 004: ID 105b:e065 Foxconn International, Inc. BCM43142A0 Bluetooth module Bus 001 Device 003: ID 174f:14b2 Syntek Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Linux shash-ubuntu-z5070 4.2.0-22-generic #27-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 17 22:57:08 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bcmwl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1503733 Title: BCM43142 Bluetooth not working on Lenovo Z50-70 Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Bluetooth on my Lenovo Z50-70 is not working. I have installed the suggested bcmwl drivers from the "Additional Drivers" application. I installed my system a long time back, but didn't realise the bluetooth just wasn't working. The wifi works fine, and there were no issues during my upgrade from 14.10 to 15.04. Here are the details of my system: lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 15.04 Release: 15.04 suspected package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu2 or linux-image-generic 3.19.0.31.30 rfkill list all 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 3: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no What more information should I give here? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-30.33-generic 3.19.8-ckt6 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-30-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Oct 7 20:30:19 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-17 (204 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: bcmwl UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-08-31 (37 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1503733/+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