I did not test yet with the latest daily build. I'll do so asap. However, still on 12.10 with kernel 3.11.0-14-generic #21, I can recover Bluetooth if I turn on / off the antenna.
More precisely, at boot, I usually have wifi, but not bluetooth. If I turn off antenna via keyboard, I lose wifi, but get back bluetooth, and vice-versa. Relating to bug report from alperyilmaz, I see his comment on "rfkill". So I did similar tests. Although I don't have BT, rfkill reports that BT is not RF blocked. But if I block / unblock BT, I can recover BT. # Just after boot - I have wifi, but no bluetooth (no BT icon) $ rfkill list 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no # I kill RF for bluetooth, then restore it sudo rfkill block bluetooth sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth $ rfkill list 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 3: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no I rebooted several times, and this apparently succeeds all the time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1260825 Title: 168c:0032 ath3k built-in bluetooth cannot load firmware - sporadic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1260825/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs