This is also happening for me: frapell@padme:~$ dmesg |grep -i bluet [ 12.692409] thinkpad_acpi: rfkill switch tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: radio is unblocked [ 12.760442] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.16 [ 12.760469] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 12.760477] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 12.760479] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 12.760489] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 12.778260] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 12.778265] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 12.778274] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized [ 12.801231] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized [ 12.801245] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized [ 12.801247] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11 [ 13.119271] Bluetooth: can't load firmware, may not work correctly
frapell@padme:~$ rfkill list 0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: tpacpi_wwan_sw: Wireless WAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 3: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no syslog output when I try to initiate discovery: Apr 2 13:09:46 padme bluetoothd[807]: Discovery session 0x7f63e6177e90 with :1.57 activated Apr 2 13:09:46 padme bluetoothd[807]: hci0: Start Discovery (0x0023) failed: Not Powered (0x0f) lsusb: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] Computer is a Thinkpad X1 Carbon frapell@padme:~$ uname -a Linux padme 3.11.0-19-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 11 18:48:34 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 13.10, was working fine in previous versions of Ubuntu "sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth" does nothing for me -- 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/1242079 Title: 13.10 Bluetooth: can't load firmware, may not work correctly Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Bluetooth does not work on Thinkpad E135 (Broadcom) dmesg|grep -i bluetooth gives ... Bluetooth: can't load firmware, may not work correctly .... This was also a problem on 13.04 --- ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=98833f0e-41cc-46c9-81a3-9b7cc9e45c3a InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-12 (129 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: LENOVO 335963G MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_DE TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=2f4442d5-4677-47b6-9a14-b62928d2c161 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-12-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-12-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.116 Tags: saucy Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-19 (1 days ago) UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: HMET90WW (2.50 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 335963G dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrHMET90WW(2.50):bd12/26/2012:svnLENOVO:pn335963G:pvrThinkPadEdgeE135:rvnLENOVO:rn335963G:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 335963G dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge E135 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1242079/+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