I hit very similar problem. I cannot enable my usb bluetooth adapter, it's visible in lsusb: ... Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1131:1001 Integrated System Solution Corp. KY-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter ... hciconfig: hci0: Type: USB BD Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ACL MTU: 0:0 SCO MTU: 0:0 DOWN RX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 events:0 errors:0 TX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 commands:4 errors:0 ============== Here's how it looks in /var/log/messages Apr 18 14:06:59 moj kernel: Bluetooth: Core ver 2.15 Apr 18 14:06:59 moj kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 31 Apr 18 14:06:59 moj kernel: Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized Apr 18 14:06:59 moj kernel: Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized Apr 18 14:07:02 moj kernel: usb 1-6: USB disconnect, address 3 Apr 18 14:07:06 moj kernel: usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Apr 18 14:07:16 moj kernel: usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1131, idProduct=1001 Apr 18 14:07:16 moj kernel: usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Apr 18 14:07:16 moj kernel: usb 4-2: Product: ISSCBTA Apr 18 14:07:16 moj kernel: usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Apr 18 14:07:16 moj kernel: Bluetooth: Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.6 Apr 18 14:07:16 moj kernel: usb 4-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Apr 18 14:07:16 moj kernel: btusb 4-2:1.0: no reset_resume for driver btusb? Apr 18 14:07:16 moj kernel: btusb 4-2:1.1: no reset_resume for driver btusb? Apr 18 14:07:16 moj kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb Apr 18 14:07:17 moj bluetoothd[2811]: Bluetooth daemon 4.58 Apr 18 14:07:17 moj bluetoothd[2812]: Starting SDP server Apr 18 14:07:17 moj kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.14 Apr 18 14:07:17 moj kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized Apr 18 14:07:17 moj bluetoothd[2812]: Parsing /etc/bluetooth/network.conf failed: No such file or directory Apr 18 14:07:17 moj kernel: Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 Apr 18 14:07:17 moj kernel: Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast Apr 18 14:07:17 moj bluetoothd[2812]: bridge pan0 created Apr 18 14:07:17 moj kernel: Bridge firewalling registered Apr 18 14:07:17 moj bluetoothd[2812]: Parsing /etc/bluetooth/input.conf failed: No such file or directory Apr 18 14:07:17 moj bluetoothd[2812]: Parsing /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf failed: No such file or directory Apr 18 14:07:17 moj NetworkManager: device_creator(): /sys/devices/virtual/net/pan0: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Apr 18 14:07:17 moj bluetoothd[2812]: HCI dev 0 registered Apr 18 14:07:17 moj kernel: Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6 Apr 18 14:07:17 moj kernel: Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized Apr 18 14:07:27 moj bluetoothd[2824]: Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110) ================= When trying to do hcicontrol hci0 up or reset i got timeout error on the console "Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110)" and in /var/logmessages ... Apr 18 14:07:38 moj kernel: usb 4-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 ... ================ last know working kernel is 2.6.31.5-127 (the one shipped on F12 final media).