[Bug 39414] syslog is flooded with messages after connecting bluetooth usb dongle

[Chris Vigelius]

Public bug reported:

Whenever I insert my Bluetooth USB dongle, manufactured by Vivanco
(Model 18031, FCC-ID NV6-CS8024), the syslog is flooded with messages

> hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 0

There are about 500 of these messages generated EACH SECOND, causing a
high load (and lots of wasted disk space) on my system (which is a
Thinkpad R40 running dapper, but the same problem also exists in
breezy).  This happens also if the system is booted from dapper flight 5
live CD, so this is no configuration issue.

Since the Vivanco dongle is -at least here in Germany- sold in large
volumes  by retailers like Media Markt, and simply plugging it in causes
the system load go up to 2 just for processing the log messages,
therefore making the system slow and almost unusable, I believe this
should be fixed with some priority.

I have also posted this to the development and users mailing list of the
module in question (bluez), but to no avail (yet):

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=15355967
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=15335499



Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'linux-
image-2.6.15-19-386'; however, that package was not published in Ubuntu.

** Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Unconfirmed

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syslog is flooded with messages after connecting bluetooth usb dongle
https://launchpad.net/bugs/39414