Hi David,

> > what kind of USB dongle is this?
> 
> The USB dongle is a "Kensington Bluetooth USB Adapter".

be a little bit more specific.

> > Show us the content of /proc/bus/usb/devices.
> 
> red:~# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> 
> T:  Bus=03 Lev=02 Prnt=06 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  7 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
> D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=e0(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=047d ProdID=105d Rev= 0.06
> S:  Manufacturer=Broadcom
> S:  Product=BCM92035DG
> S:  SerialNumber=000C55F85A2B
> C:* #Ifs= 4 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=  0mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=e0(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=hci_usb
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  16 Ivl=1ms
> E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=e0(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=hci_usb
> E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=   0 Ivl=1ms
> E:  Ad=03(O) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=   0 Ivl=1ms
> I:  If#= 1 Alt= 1 #EPs= 2 Cls=e0(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=hci_usb
> E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=   9 Ivl=1ms
> E:  Ad=03(O) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=   9 Ivl=1ms
> I:  If#= 1 Alt= 2 #EPs= 2 Cls=e0(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=hci_usb
> E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=  17 Ivl=1ms
> E:  Ad=03(O) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=  17 Ivl=1ms
> I:  If#= 1 Alt= 3 #EPs= 2 Cls=e0(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=hci_usb
> E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=  32 Ivl=1ms
> E:  Ad=03(O) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=  32 Ivl=1ms
> I:  If#= 1 Alt= 4 #EPs= 2 Cls=e0(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=hci_usb
> E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=  64 Ivl=1ms
> E:  Ad=03(O) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=  64 Ivl=1ms
> I:  If#= 1 Alt= 5 #EPs= 2 Cls=e0(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=hci_usb
> E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=  64 Ivl=1ms
> E:  Ad=03(O) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=  64 Ivl=1ms
> I:  If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
> E:  Ad=84(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  32 Ivl=0ms
> E:  Ad=04(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  32 Ivl=0ms
> I:  If#= 3 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=fe(app. ) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=(none)

So here we go. You can first try to load the hci_usb module with the
reset=1 parameter, but I doubt that it helps for this dongle. What you
need will be the attached patch to switch it from HID into HCI mode.

Regards

Marcel