[Bug 460743] [NEW] 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongles do not work

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I tried to connect an usb bluetooth dongle of this type on Ubuntu Karmic on a 64 bit system:
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)

This device doesn't work, I always get from the kernel this error:
command tx timeout

I tried this on 2 (different) x64 systems, with the stock kernel (2.6.31-14-generic) and the new 2.6.32-rc5 kernel. Both show the same behaviour.
I also tried this with the stock bluez/libbluetooth etc and with the newest version from the Blueman PPA repository, also all with the same result.

When I tried the dongles (I have two of them) on a 32 bit system,
everything worked perfectly. (Also Karmic)

So I expect there is a bug somewhere in the 64 bit version.

I looked throughout the whole google searchable part of the internet to
find more information. All people with a such-like problems had
different causes apparently then mine, because none of the plentyful of
'tricks' didn't work.

DMESG:
Oct 26 00:45:59 Tolnedra bluetoothd[1722]: HCI dev 0 registered
Oct 26 00:45:59 Tolnedra kernel: [235886.939096] Bluetooth: Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.5
Oct 26 00:45:59 Tolnedra kernel: [235886.939226] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
Oct 26 00:46:19 Tolnedra bluetoothd[1722]: Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110)
Oct 26 00:46:20 Tolnedra NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices removed (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/pan0, iface: pan0)
Oct 26 00:46:20 Tolnedra bluetoothd[1722]: bridge pan0 removed
Oct 26 00:46:20 Tolnedra bluetoothd[1722]: Stopping SDP server
Oct 26 00:46:20 Tolnedra bluetoothd[1722]: Exit
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AlsaVersion:
 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.22.1.
 Compiled on Apr 14 2010 for kernel 2.6.32-21-generic (SMP).
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  maarten    1556 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'MID'/'HDA Intel MID at 0xf3f38000 irq 23'
   Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC269'
   Components	: 'HDA:10ec0269,104383ce,00100004'
   Controls      : 12
   Simple ctrls  : 7
CheckboxSubmission: 3415c5cb481fb0dbb00abeaa1eb17e22
CheckboxSystem: b62ae224500b03a9fc2c9b6caf3feb14
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=113ebde9-392f-4d09-8142-e01a7e4fc4e1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1101HA
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=fe2c3e7b-f1a4-4102-804a-5c06d5ef88e8 ro quiet splash mem=2000mb acpi_osi=Linux acpi_enforce_resources=lax
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Regression: No
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
Reproducible: Yes
Tags: lucid  needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 11/05/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0322
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1101HA
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0322:bd11/05/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1101HA:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1101HA:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1101HA
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

** Affects: bluez (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: gnome-bluetooth
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Incomplete

** Affects: linux (Fedora)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown


** Tags: apport-collected kj-triage lucid needs-upstream-testing
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0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongles do not work
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