Hi, I am still affected by this issue.
$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0461:4e22 Primax Electronics, Ltd Bus 002 Device 003: ID 413c:2111 Dell Computer Corp. Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub $ hcitool dev Devices: It is still not fixed on most undated ubuntu os as on Mar 6, 2014 and that is ubuntu 13.10. Any workarounds? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/992757 Title: Bluetooth Adapter not recognized (precise) Status in “bluez” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: My specific dongle has worked flawlessly on 11.04, since upgrading, my system no longer recognizes it. blueman-applet reports no adapters found. hcitool dev reports nothing, just "Devices:" lsusb finds this however: Bus 006 Device 002: ID 1131:1004 Integrated System Solution Corp. Bluetooth Device If I pull the dongle out, the applet disapears. If the dongle is not evident on boot, the applet will not start. hciconfig show this: hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Address: [snip] ACL MTU: 1021:4 SCO MTU: 48:10 DOWN RX bytes:2270 acl:0 sco:0 events:80 errors:0 TX bytes:365 acl:0 sco:0 commands:85 errors:0 Tailing syslog while attempting to `hciconfig hci0 up`shows this: May 1 13:44:44 beta kernel: [ 137.992056] Bluetooth: hci0 command tx timeout To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/992757/+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