Bluetooth keyboard non-functional with Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)

[zombor]

Binary package hint: bluez

I have a Logitech DiNovo Edge bluetooth keyboard with the following bluetooth dongle:

Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)

This keyboard worked in 9.10, and I migrated to 10.10, and it fails to pair. Any attempts to use hidd --connect <address> fails with "Can't get device information: Host is down" message.

i also get plenty of these in the syslog:

bluez_manager_bdaddr_removed_cb: assertion `bdaddr != NULL' failed

I know the keyboard is functional, I can successfully pair it with my macbook and it works fine.

[zombor (zombor)]

Also, I used to get these messages when trying to pair with the gui interface, but I can't seem to get them anymore:

Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578720] ------------[ cut here ]------------
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578742] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.35/fs/sysfs/dir.c:451 sysfs_add_one+0xa1/0x110()
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578750] Hardware name: Aspire R1600
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578756] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/class/bluetooth/hci0:11'
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578762] Modules linked in: hidp rfcomm binfmt_misc sco bnep l2cap parport_pc ppdev dm_crypt snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek arc4 nvidia(P) ath5k mac80211 ath snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device cfg80211 btusb psmouse snd bluetooth shpchp led_class serio_raw soundcore snd_page_alloc i2c_nforce2 agpgart lp parport dm_raid45 xor btrfs zlib_deflate crc32c libcrc32c usbhid hid usb_storage ahci libahci forcedeth
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578881] Pid: 2184, comm: hci0 Tainted: P W 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578889] Call Trace:
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578905] [<c014ac52>] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578917] [<c02716e1>] ? sysfs_add_one+0xa1/0x110
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578927] [<c02716e1>] ? sysfs_add_one+0xa1/0x110
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578939] [<c014ad23>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x33/0x40
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578950] [<c02716e1>] sysfs_add_one+0xa1/0x110
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578962] [<c0271dc9>] sysfs_do_create_link+0xf9/0x1d0
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578976] [<c05c7979>] ? mutex_lock+0x19/0x40
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.578988] [<c0271ed7>] sysfs_create_link+0x17/0x20
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579002] [<c03fd40d>] device_add_class_symlinks+0x5d/0xd0
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579014] [<c03fe0cf>] device_add+0x1cf/0x3b0
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579044] [<f8e78ef2>] add_conn+0x52/0xd0 [bluetooth]
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579064] [<c0161a4e>] run_workqueue+0x8e/0x150
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579085] [<f8e78ea0>] ? add_conn+0x0/0xd0 [bluetooth]
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579097] [<c0161b94>] worker_thread+0x84/0xe0
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579109] [<c0165e10>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579120] [<c0161b10>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0xe0
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579130] [<c01659e4>] kthread+0x74/0x80
Nov 14 16:52:33 jeremybush-Aspire-R1600 kernel: [ 1562.579140] [<c0165970>] ? kthread...

[wvengen (wvengen)]

Bug #696959 may be related.

[Jochen Fahrner (jofa)]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/548720 may also be related

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

This is reported against an old version of Ubuntu and many things has changed since then. Because of that we won't fix this issue however if this behavior repeats on a modern version please fill a bug report against it and we will take it from there.