I've come across this problem on two of my three systems using a new Linksys bluetooth. USBBT100.
I believe that simply certain models are giving the Bluetooth features a hard time. My 8.04 system is capable of using my Linksys bluetooth just fine, however my other two 8.10 systems are having some more trouble. The free Logitech dongle that came with my mouse and keyboard, however, have been working for my 8.10 desktop without trouble, and I can even properly connect my other device through it without trouble. By using the command "hcitools piscan" I got the Linksys to finally genuinely scan for devices, having them pop up in the "setup new device" window. However, it will neither show their proper names, and will not connect when selected. It will say it's connected, but the device itself will still be blinking as a sign of "looking for connection". I also have to use that command every time I plug in the Linksys dongle in for it to do that much. And though 8.04 seems to work fine, it doesn't with the specific device I want to connect, so that's out of the question. When I first started it did show, and did display the proper name, but gave an error at each attempt to connect. I've done a fresh install since then, and what I've described is the current way it's behaving. This is really frustrating, and that's all I got. -- Bluetooth in Ibex has inconsistent behaviour https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298430 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs