It was a hardware specific problem. This works for my Logitech receiver and may also work for other brands...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1332197 "There are two modes the dongle works in, Embedded and HCI. By default the embedded is active, which emulates a USB device so it seems to your PC that your using a normal USB mouse/keyoard. If you hold the little red Button on the USB BT mini-receiver it will enable the other mode. Hold the red button on the BT dongle and plug it into the computer, and after 3-5 seconds of holding the button, the Bluetooth icon will appear in the system tray. You can then use the adapter as a BT receiver. The adapter continues to work in BT mode after reboots, but I think the occasional BT failure (usually after an update) is caused by the mode changing." ** Changed in: bluez (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1477955 Title: Bluetooth Will Not Find Attached Adaptor Though lsusb Sees It To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1477955/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
