Bluetooth does not work on Asus Zenbook UX301LA

[Hadrien Mary]

Bluetooth can be turn off and on on the bluetooth applet but when I try to add a device, no device is found. "Searching for devices" is displayed.

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=rebecca
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca"

 $ uname -a
Linux boromir 3.16.0-28-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Sat Dec 13 16:13:28 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Note that I have the same bug with kernel 3.13.

$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
UX301LAA.209
05/08/2014

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 03eb:8a0c Atmel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1bcf:2987 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

$ dmesg |grep Bluetooth
[ 3.431921] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.19
[ 3.431938] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 3.431945] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 3.431947] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 3.431975] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 3.469127] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370710018002030d00
[ 3.478962] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
[ 3.561272] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 3.561275] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 3.561281] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 3.561443] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 3.561449] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 3.561453] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 3.585074] Bluetooth: hci0 sending Intel patch command (0xfc8e) failed (-19)
[ 5.589979] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0xfc8e tx timeout
[ 5.590031] Bluetooth: hci0 sending frame failed
[ 7.596428] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0xfc11 tx timeout
[ 13.595619] Bluetooth: hci0 exiting Intel manufacturer mode failed (-110)
[ 2524.563903] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370710018002030d00
[ 2524.563931] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
[ 2524.711142] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware patch completed and activated
[ 2528.040102] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370710018002030d00
[ 2528.040168] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
[ 2528.193259] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware patch completed and activated
[ 2528.792965] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370710018002030d00
[ 2528.792991] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
[ 2528.948212] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware patch completed and activated
[ 2529.664440] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370710018002030d00
[ 2529.664462] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
[ 2529.821177] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware patch completed and activated
[ 2531.518226] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370710018002030d00
[ 2531.518247] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
[ 2531.668468] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware patch completed and activated
[ 2541.982764] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370710018002030d00
[ 2541.982808] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
[ 2542.149938] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware patch completed and activated
[ 2601.203603] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370710018002030d00
[ 2601.203632] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
[ 2601.352822] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware patch completed and activated

If you need more informations, tell me.