[ubuntu-uk] Help needed finding my bluetooth on my new laptop

[Jon Spriggs]

(and no, it isn't down the back of the sofa)

So, here's the thing, I bought one of these:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/265218

I've received it, and installed Ubuntu 11.04 on there (yes, even with
Unity) and it's lovely. Everything I wanted it for works a treat -
Wifi's great, battery life, about what I was expecting (but I've not
really pushed it, so I don't know for sure) and the video is great -
1366x768.

Anyway, when I unboxed it, I noticed the Function feature for F12
shows an antenna symbol and the letters BT. As a geek, I'd not
bothered to look at the paperwork which came with it, but it clearly
says there "All models, while they may have dissimilar colouring or
placement of features, all include the same hardware"... and later
says "bluetooth".

I crack open a terminal, to run hcitool dev... and it says
"Devices:"... and then nothing. Hmm, I think, maybe it's not switched
on by default (which, bluetooth really shouldn't be), so I toggle the
feature, and check it again - still nothing.

lspci gives me the following:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory
Controller Hub (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series
Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE
Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMC260 PCI
Express Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
08:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host
Controller (rev 90)
08:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host
Controller (rev 90)
08:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller (rev 90)

and lsusb just shows me the hubs. Again, I toggle the function key,
and it's still showing the same data. Likewise, toggling the function
while checking dmesg and tail -f /var/log/syslog shows me nothing new.

Doing a spot of research, it appears that the RTL8191SEvB should have
a bluetooth feature embedded in it, so I wonder, have I missed a trick
here, is there something else I need to do, or do I write it off,
especially as I have three USB-Bluetooth devices, which I know work
already.
--
Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs