After upgrading the kernel using software updater today I found that "hcitools scan" has stopped saying "no such device". However the scan does not find any bluetooth devices. I tried with a phone and a tablet.
$ uname -a Linux soni 3.16.0-30-generic #40~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 15 17:43:14 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 $ sudo dmesg -c > /dev/null # plug in the BT dongle at this point $ lsusb | grep "luetooth" Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Bus 001 Device 003: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth $ hciconfig hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Address: 00:1B:10:00:2A:EC ACL MTU: 1017:8 SCO MTU: 64:0 UP RUNNING PSCAN RX bytes:512 acl:0 sco:0 events:23 errors:0 TX bytes:336 acl:0 sco:0 commands:23 errors:0 $ hcitool scan Scanning ... $ echo $? # Nothing happened so see if there is error code... 0 $ dmesg [ 899.894436] usb 2-1.7: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci [ 900.056153] usb 2-1.7: New USB device found, idVendor=0a12, idProduct=0001 [ 900.056158] usb 2-1.7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 900.056160] usb 2-1.7: Product: Bluetooth V2.0 Dongle [ 900.056163] usb 2-1.7: Manufacturer: Bluetooth v2.0 -Kedar -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1221995 Title: 0a12:0001 Bluetooth Dongle (Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd) doesn't work with 3.11 or 3.13 kernels To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1221995/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs