I have the same hardware as post #52 (ID 0cf3:3002 Atheros Communications, Inc.), and bluetooth hardware device is not recognized (it times out):
hciconfig hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: 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:9 acl:0 sco:0 commands:3 errors:0
sudo hciconfig hci0 reset Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110)
uname -a Linux Vostro-V130 2.6.38-9-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 28 15:23:06 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have the same hardware as post #52 (ID 0cf3:3002 Atheros Communications, Inc.), and bluetooth hardware device is not recognized (it times out):
hciconfig
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: 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:9 acl:0 sco:0 commands:3 errors:0
sudo hciconfig hci0 reset
Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110)
uname -a
Linux Vostro-V130 2.6.38-9-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 28 15:23:06 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux