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Ubuntu 12.04.01 - i can't turn on my bluetooth. I am on a dell vostro 1500 with wireless 355 bluetooth module (bluetooth 2.0 + EDR). When i turn the bluetooth on from the indicator and then click on bluetooth settings, it says the bluetooth is disabled. Bluetooth is enabled in BIOS settings. Is there a possible fix for this?

rfkill list output is as follows:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN

Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN

Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth

Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

lsusb output for this device:

Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)

uname -r

3.2.0-37-generic

I have tried:

sudo su
modprobe btusb
lsmod | grep btusb

to confirm module is loaded, then

sh -c "echo 0x0a5c 0x4500 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/btusb/new_id"

Nothing happens at all.

hcitool dev

returns no devices.

Zeiss
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  • What's the output of `rfkill list`? – njsg Jan 26 '13 at 13:28
  • **0: phy0: Wireless LAN** Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no **1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN** Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no **2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth** Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no – Zeiss Jan 26 '13 at 16:27
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    What bluetooth adapter do you have? I mean the numerical information, not the vendor retail name. Include the output of `lsusb`. You may have a similar case as [How do I enable Bluetooth on my Lenovo IdeaPad Z580?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/239827/how-do-i-enable-bluetooth-on-my-lenovo-ideapad-z580/245349#245349) – gertvdijk Jan 26 '13 at 19:07
  • Check your BIOS settings to see if it is enabled there. – Stretch Jan 26 '13 at 13:33
  • Yes. It is enabled in BIOS settings. – Zeiss Jan 26 '13 at 16:24
  • Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) – Zeiss Feb 01 '13 at 17:25
  • @user1930341 Can you try running `sudo sh -c "echo 0x0a5c 0x4500 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/btusb/new_id"`? This device seems really new, and not well supported at the moment, but as reported [here](http://code.google.com/p/broadcom-bluetooth/wiki/USB), it's just another device ID and does not require any change to the driver. – gertvdijk Feb 03 '13 at 11:35

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