Broadcom BCM2046 Bluetooth not detected

[Jochen Fahrner]

The bluez package provides some udev rules in /lib/udev/rules.d/97-bluetooth-hid2hci.rules to switch some Dell devices into hci mode. The same is necessary for Broadcom BCM2046 based devices.

To get bluetooth working on my Lenovo Ideacentre B320 I added the following rule to my local rules:
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#udev rules für Lenovo Ideacentre Bluetooth

ACTION=="remove", GOTO="idea_end"
SUBSYSTEM!="usb", GOTO="idea_end"

# Variety of Broadcom Bluetooth devices - match on a mouse device that is
# self powered and where a HID report needs to be sent to switch modes
# Known supported devices: 0a5c:4503

ATTR{bInterfaceClass}=="03", ATTR{bInterfaceSubClass}=="01", ATTR{bInterfaceProtocol}=="02", \
  ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0a5c", ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="c0", \
  RUN+="hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=%p", ENV{HID2HCI_SWITCH}="1"

LABEL="idea_end"
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Please add this rule to 97-bluetooth-hid2hci.rules

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: bluez 4.101-0ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri May 2 10:27:22 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-01 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
InterestingModules: rfcomm bnep btusb bluetooth
MachineType: LENOVO IdeaCentre B320
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=3b23e969-65c7-4c68-b502-67bac2ef656a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: bluez
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: DXKT33AUS
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrDXKT33AUS:bd08/07/2012:svnLENOVO:pnIdeaCentreB320:pvrLenovo:rvnLENOVO:rnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: IdeaCentre B320
dmi.product.version: Lenovo
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
hciconfig:
 hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
  BD Address: 40:2C:F4:F4:E2:8C ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:1
  UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
  RX bytes:1062 acl:0 sco:0 events:54 errors:0
  TX bytes:1434 acl:0 sco:0 commands:54 errors:0
modified.conffile..etc.bluetooth.main.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.bluetooth.main.conf: 2014-05-02T08:13:42.321372

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Ubuntu 14.04 reached end of standard support in April 2019:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

If you would like to continue with free support then please update to a
newer Ubuntu version and tell us if the problem still occurs.

If you would like to continue with Ubuntu 14.04 then there is a paid
support option detailed at https://www.ubuntu.com/esm