Re: [Regression] Bluetooth pairing does not work anymore in 2.6.39-rc3 (works in 2.6.38.3)

Pavel Machek
2011-04-18T13:22:47Z

Hi!

> I am having problems pairing bluetooth devices in 2.6.39. Scanning
> works fine (hcitool scan), but when I try to pair a device using
> "bluez-simple-agent hci0 $MAC", I receive the following error message:
> "Creating device failed: org.bluez.Error.Failed: Input/output error"
>
> The same command reliably works on a 2.6.38.3 kernel with pretty much
> the same config.
>
> According to lsusb, I have a Broadcom Bluetooth Controller with ID
> 0a5c:217f. I don't see anything related in either of the dmesgs.
> My lspci output is here: http://sukzessiv.net/x120e/
> Userspace is an up-to-date Ubuntu 11.04 beta (with bluez 4.91).
>
> If there are any debugging steps that I could do or patches to try or
> revert, let me know. Unfortunately I can't do a proper bisect since
> the machine is a netbook type.

I guess strace of the pairing attempt would be helpful.

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