Public bug reported: Hi Bluetooth (Atheros AR3012) device is not available on current version 18.04. Backport ppa is enabled. It still was ok with 18.04 alpha, details pls see below.
lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 uname -a Linux samlap 4.15.0-28-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 12 17:35:57 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux hciconfig --all hci0: Type: Primary Bus: USB BD Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ACL MTU: 0:0 SCO MTU: 0:0 DOWN RX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 events:0 errors:0 TX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 commands:0 errors:0 Features: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 Packet type: DM1 DH1 HV1 Link policy: Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT a1@samlap:~$ dmesg | grep -i firmware; dmesg | grep -i bluetooth [ 0.028975] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls [ 2.648147] [Firmware Bug]: battery: (dis)charge rate invalid. [ 3.913868] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PEGP) defines _DOD but not _DOS [ 5.580195] Bluetooth: hci0: don't support firmware rome 0x1020200 [ 3.746081] usb 1-1.2: Product: Bluetooth USB Host Controller [ 5.541105] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22 [ 5.541121] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 5.541124] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 5.541126] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 5.541150] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 5.580195] Bluetooth: hci0: don't support firmware rome 0x1020200 [ 6.515262] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 6.515264] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 6.515270] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized sudo hciconfig hci0 up Can't init device hci0: Input/output error (5) modprobe -c | grep 3375 | grep ath3k alias usb:v13D3p3375d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* ath3k ------------------ However bluetooth works well with kubuntu alpha live disk: uname -a Linux kubuntu 4.15.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 13 18:23:35 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux hciconfig --all hci0: Type: Primary Bus: USB BD Address: 50:B7:C3:1D:69:26 ACL MTU: 1022:8 SCO MTU: 183:5 UP RUNNING RX bytes:1310 acl:0 sco:0 events:87 errors:0 TX bytes:5496 acl:0 sco:0 commands:87 errors:0 Features: 0xff 0xfe 0x0d 0xfe 0xd8 0x7f 0x7b 0x87 Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3 Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT Name: 'kubuntu' Class: 0x1c010c Service Classes: Rendering, Capturing, Object Transfer Device Class: Computer, Laptop HCI Version: 4.0 (0x6) Revision: 0x102 LMP Version: 4.0 (0x6) Subversion: 0x1 Thank you for help Harald ** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1781809 Title: Bluetooth (Atheros AR3012) does not work on 18.04 Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi Bluetooth (Atheros AR3012) device is not available on current version 18.04. Backport ppa is enabled. It still was ok with 18.04 alpha, details pls see below. lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 uname -a Linux samlap 4.15.0-28-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 12 17:35:57 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux hciconfig --all hci0: Type: Primary Bus: USB BD Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ACL MTU: 0:0 SCO MTU: 0:0 DOWN RX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 events:0 errors:0 TX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 commands:0 errors:0 Features: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 Packet type: DM1 DH1 HV1 Link policy: Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT a1@samlap:~$ dmesg | grep -i firmware; dmesg | grep -i bluetooth [ 0.028975] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls [ 2.648147] [Firmware Bug]: battery: (dis)charge rate invalid. [ 3.913868] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PEGP) defines _DOD but not _DOS [ 5.580195] Bluetooth: hci0: don't support firmware rome 0x1020200 [ 3.746081] usb 1-1.2: Product: Bluetooth USB Host Controller [ 5.541105] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22 [ 5.541121] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 5.541124] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 5.541126] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 5.541150] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 5.580195] Bluetooth: hci0: don't support firmware rome 0x1020200 [ 6.515262] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 6.515264] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 6.515270] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized sudo hciconfig hci0 up Can't init device hci0: Input/output error (5) modprobe -c | grep 3375 | grep ath3k alias usb:v13D3p3375d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* ath3k ------------------ However bluetooth works well with kubuntu alpha live disk: uname -a Linux kubuntu 4.15.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 13 18:23:35 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux hciconfig --all hci0: Type: Primary Bus: USB BD Address: 50:B7:C3:1D:69:26 ACL MTU: 1022:8 SCO MTU: 183:5 UP RUNNING RX bytes:1310 acl:0 sco:0 events:87 errors:0 TX bytes:5496 acl:0 sco:0 commands:87 errors:0 Features: 0xff 0xfe 0x0d 0xfe 0xd8 0x7f 0x7b 0x87 Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3 Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT Name: 'kubuntu' Class: 0x1c010c Service Classes: Rendering, Capturing, Object Transfer Device Class: Computer, Laptop HCI Version: 4.0 (0x6) Revision: 0x102 LMP Version: 4.0 (0x6) Subversion: 0x1 Thank you for help Harald To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1781809/+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