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bluez package

BCM2046 Bluetooth not working

Bug #548720 reported by Märt Suga on 2010-03-26

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This bug affects 19 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	bluez (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: bluez

Bluetooth BCM2046 no longer works on Macbook Pro 5.5 since today's updates (2010-03-26)
It use to work perfecly yesterday and earlier.

(Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth))
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mart@mart-laptop:~$ hcitool scan
Device is not available: No such device
mart@mart-laptop:~$ hcitool dev
Devices:
mart@mart-laptop:~$
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The gnome bluetooth applet says that bluetooth is on, but preferences show only the large "bluetooth is forbidden", "turn on bluetooth" button. Clicking this button makes it gray but nothing happens - bluetooth is till no working.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 26 13:04:29 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
InterestingModules: sco bnep l2cap btusb bluetooth
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro5,5
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Package: bluez 4.60-0ubuntu6
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-17-generic root=UUID=8e2051c9-574d-46e5-9d84-06a3919bd614 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=et_EE.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
SourcePackage: bluez
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 06/15/09
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP55.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151708
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-F2268AC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F2268AC8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP55.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151708:bd06/15/09:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro5,5:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F2268AC8:rvr:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-F2268AC8:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro5,5
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

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Märt Suga (mart-suga) wrote on 2010-03-26:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (50.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (12.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (661 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (129.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (274.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Baptiste Mille-Mathias (bmillemathias) wrote on 2010-03-26:

Hello Mart,

what mean "since today's updates (2010-03-26)", can I have a list ?

thanks.

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Märt Suga (mart-suga) wrote on 2010-03-26:

I am sorry, but I cannot list the packages that I updated today.
Before I commited this bug, just in case I upgraded and restarted my computer a few times but the problem still occured.
But now after some more updates the problem seems to be fixed. Bluetooth works again like earlier.

Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

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Jeroen van der Vegt (ajvdvegt) wrote on 2010-04-30:

Hi,

I've got a MacBookPro 6,2, which contains the same broadcom bluetooth chip (BCM2046B1). After a clean install of Lucid, bluetooth is not working, while it works fine in MacOSX. I'll try to test with Karmic later, but I though I'd report this first.

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Märt Suga (mart-suga) wrote on 2010-04-30:

what is Your "hcitool scan" output?

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KyRT (ivanovrs) wrote on 2010-05-03:

I have same bug. iMac 20.5.
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)

> hcitool scan
Device is not available: No such device
> hcitool dev
Devices:

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marcob (marcobaldinetti) wrote on 2010-05-20:

i have the same bug, dell xps m1530

Bus 007 Device 007: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth
Bus 007 Device 006: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)

> hcitool dev
Devices:

> hciconfig -a
hci0: Type: USB
        BD Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ACL MTU: 0:0 SCO MTU: 0:0
        DOWN
        RX bytes:6 acl:0 sco:0 events:1 errors:0
        TX bytes:9 acl:0 sco:0 commands:3 errors:0

> hcitool scan
Device is not available: No such device

what appen??

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Kal McFate (kmcfate) wrote on 2010-06-14:

Dell Latitude E6500 with fresh install of lucid. No Bluetooth, same symptoms and output.

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ZeroBit (vamknam) wrote on 2010-06-20:

I have the same problem with iMac 20.5
> lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
> hcitool dev
Devices:
> hcitool scan
Device is not available: No such device
> hidd --search
Searching ...

Lucid.

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Dominik (dominalien) wrote on 2010-08-07:

#10

Comment #9 on bug #277211 indicates that the Bluetooth device is in reality

Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth

Its absence probably means that it's turned off and should somehow be turned on.

I'm having the same problem on a Mid-2010 Macbook Pro.

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Dominik (dominalien) wrote on 2010-08-08:

#11

On OS X there is one more device than in Linux on my MBP:

05ac:8006

I'm not able to find any info about this. The manufacturer is Apple, but that's about it.

Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
status:	Invalid → Confirmed

papukaija (papukaija) on 2010-09-01

summary:

- Lucid BCM2046 Bluetooth not working
+ BCM2046 Bluetooth not working

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Robert Biloute (robertbiloute) wrote on 2010-09-21:

#12

Same problem for me on a MBP 6.2 under Lucid

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Loren (perilandmishap) wrote on 2010-10-07:

#13

I've got a Lenovo Y450 with the same problem, looks like the same adapter.

Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2150 Broadcom Corp.
Device Descriptor:
--snip--
  iManufacturer 1 Broadcom Corp
  iProduct 2 BCM2046 Bluetooth Device
  iSerial 3 2C8158C35DB2

$ hcitool scan
Device is not available: No such device
$ hcitool dev
Devices:

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Molnár Gábor (csirkus) wrote on 2010-10-31:

#14

I have a Dell Mini 10 (1012), and it has BCM2046 bluetooth, too. It sees other bluetooth devices but always fails to connect.

The sanning works (it sees my samsunk c3050 phone):
$ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
60:D0:A9:8B:B8:13 C3050

$ hcitool dev
Devices:
hci0 50:63:13:8E:09:13

$ hciconfig -a
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
BD Address: 50:63:13:8E:09:13 ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:1
UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
RX bytes:1438 acl:0 sco:0 events:58 errors:0
TX bytes:1736 acl:0 sco:0 commands:50 errors:0
Features: 0xff 0xff 0x8f 0xfe 0x9b 0xff 0x79 0x83
Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK
Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
Name: 'kattteee-netbook'
Class: 0x580100
Service Classes: Capturing, Object Transfer, Telephony
Device Class: Computer, Uncategorized
HCI Version: 2.1 (0x4) Revision: 0x50ad
LMP Version: 2.1 (0x4) Subversion: 0x423d
Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)

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Benjamin Rosnick (benxv) wrote on 2011-12-22:

#15

I have a Samsung RV511 running ocelot, with a USB BCM2046 bluetooth dongle.

I can confirm that upon hotplugging the dongle, lsusb shows that device is registered, however as other have pointed out, hcitool scan returns: "Device is not available: No such device". I also experienced the issue of the gnome applet pretty much not doing anything useful.

In my case, the problem was solved by installing the bluez-compat package. No further issues with the device. Hope that helps!

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Jochen Fahrner (jofa) wrote on 2012-10-08:

#16

Same problem with Lenovo Ideacentre B320. Fresh install of Precise.

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Hamit Naiboglu (selo) wrote on 2013-01-11:

#17

Same issue with Lenovo Ideapad Y530, fresh install of Precise.

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Nishant George Agrwal (niagr) wrote on 2013-05-22:

#18

Same issue with Dell N4010 on Precise

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Jochen Fahrner (jofa) wrote on 2014-03-26:

#19

Same problem on Macbook 5,1 Unibody on Precise. Sometime it works (maybe after poweroff) but most of the time does not. Maybe there is a reset missing for the device.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2017-05-03:

#20

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) reached EOL on May 9, 2013.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test.

Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-07-03:

#21

[Expired for bluez (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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