Bluetooth - Atheros [0cf3:e003] Bluetooth cannot find any other devices

[Po-Hsu Lin]

CID: 201201-10377, 201201-10378 Dell Inspiron 5520

According to #1024884, this issue should be fixed with linux-firmware 1.79.4
But even with this firmware, the bluetooth of these two systems listed above still cannot find any other devices.

$ dpkg -l | grep linux-firm
ii linux-firmware 1.79.4 Firmware for Linux kernel drivers

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.5.0-32-generic 3.5.0-32.53~precise1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-32.53~precise1-generic 3.5.7.11
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-32-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1645 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xa1610000 irq 46'
   Mixer name : 'Intel PantherPoint HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,1028056a,00100002 HDA:80862806,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 11
Date: Wed Jun 5 14:29:19 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4f242cb5-a0f5-4d14-a1c8-f4146fa3bead
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5520
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:
 0 inteldrmfb
 1 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-32-generic root=UUID=6872eda3-0292-4cd4-aadf-0800a2a5ba1f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-32-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-32-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.4
SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: rts5139
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X42
dmi.board.name: 011216
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: X02
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: X42
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX42:bd07/18/2012:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron5520:pvrX42:rvnDellInc.:rn011216:rvrX02:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrX42:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 5520
dmi.product.version: X42
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This change was made by a bot.

[AceLan Kao (acelankao)]

0cf3:e003 is a new id that is not listed in bug 1024884

[AceLan Kao (acelankao)]

There is the test driver if it works, please attach the output of the command "usb-devices" here, thanks.

1. tar -zxvf ath3k-1.0.tgz
2. cd ath3k-1.0
3. make
4. mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/dkms
5. cp {btusb.ko,ath3k.ko} /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/dkms/
6. reboot

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Here is the output

[AceLan Kao (acelankao)]

Patch is submitted.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

This fix is available in the upstream 3.11-rc4 kernel. A PPA of this kernel is available at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ and instructions on how to install and uninstall it are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

CID: 201201-10378 Dell Inspiron 5520

The Atheros Bluetooth [0fc3:e003] still not working with 12.04.3 (Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-precise1-generic 3.8.13.6)

According to AceLan, patch might land in 3.8.13.8 [0]

[0] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1221794

[AceLan Kao (acelankao)]

The patch is still in the queue of 3.5 stable kernel tree
Could be found here
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue

And in 3.8 kernel tree queue as well
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue;pg=1

[AceLan Kao (acelankao)]

The patch is contained in linux (3.8.0-31.46) raring

[AceLan Kao (acelankao)]

The patch is contained in kernel 3.5.0-43.66~precise1

[Mathew Hodson (mhodson)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-lts-raring https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-raring/3.8.0-31.46~precise1

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linux-lts-raring (3.8.0-31.46~precise1) precise; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

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