I confirm this bug. regression in last linux distributions: ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, fedora 16 gnome, fedora 16 kde.
windows and ubuntu 11.04 works fine. dmesg: [ 1575.956046] usb 4-1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd [ 1576.107126] usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1310, idProduct=0001 [ 1576.107131] usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 1576.107134] usb 4-1: Product: SiW [ 1576.107136] usb 4-1: Manufacturer: SiW [ 1576.107139] usb 4-1: SerialNumber: 9005070D0B00 ---- lsusb: Bus 004 Device 004: ID 1310:0001 Roper Class 1 Bluetooth Dongle ---- hciconfig: hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Address: 00:0B:0D:07:05:90 ACL MTU: 120:20 SCO MTU: 0:0 DOWN RX bytes:724 acl:0 sco:0 events:26 errors:0 TX bytes:114 acl:0 sco:0 commands:26 errors:0 ---- hciconfig hci0 up Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110) uname -a Linux laptop.home 3.3.1-5.fc16.i686 #1 SMP Tue Apr 10 20:55:58 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984299 Title: 1310:0001 Bluetooth Dongle does not work anymore in Ubuntu 12.03 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez-tools/+bug/984299/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs