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[Konrad Zapałowicz <konrad.zapalowicz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is reported against an old version of Ubuntu and many things has
changed since then. Because of that we won't fix this issue however if
this behavior repeats on a modern version please fill a bug report
against it and we will take it from there.

** Changed in: bluez (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Bluetooth dangerously unstable on Dell Q15R (N5110)

Status in bluez package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Some kind of major kernel issue has been triggered on three separate
  occasions in the last couple of days when trying to manipulate a
  bluetooth serial rfcomm socket. This issue has persisted through a
  kernel update (yesterday) and I just experienced it again a few
  moments ago.

  The symptoms are that the desktop drops to scrolling black text, and
  CTRL+ALT+F1 is unresponsive, leaving the only option a hard shutdown.
  The entire desktop session is lost.

  This has been triggered simply by trying to connect/disconnect a
  Bluetooth serial device (known as a JY-MCU). The tools I've been using
  to send and receive data over the /dev/rfcomm0 device are python-
  serial and Arduino. You can see the tools and commands I've been using
  to pair and connect the device at
  https://github.com/cefn/blueshrimp/blob/master/util/desktop/pairbluetooth.sh

  In the case of python-serial, the operation of the program is only possible after _binding_, as it seems to want to connect the port itself...
  rfcomm bind rfcomm ${MACADDRESS}

  ...whilefor Arduino, the following is needed, as it needs a _connected_ port
  rfcomm connect rfcomm0 ${MACADDRESS}

  They certainly don't play nicely together. Java/Arduino seems to be
  mismanaging the serial device - it doesn't release it when not in use,
  so I have to shut down Arduino completely to then launch python. In
  principle this is something I can cope with as I don't need both at
  the same time.

  However, hitting total kernel panic is not acceptable and means my
  project work on Bluetooth may be impossible to progress.

  I'm currently running the hcidump log and I suppose I may be able to
  gather something from the next time it occurs. Not sure what else I
  can report about the global brownout which is experienced by the 13.04
  desktop, since I have no console access at all once the bug appears.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: bluetooth (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun May  5 23:22:55 2013
  InterestingModules: bnep rfcomm btusb bluetooth
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron N5110
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=c9767810-263a-424a-80cd-714fd4a9afa1 ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: bluez
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 03/22/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A10
  dmi.board.name: 0HVRTT
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A10
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd03/22/2012:svnDellInc.:pnInspironN5110:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0HVRTT:rvrA10:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron N5110
  dmi.product.version: Not Specified
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  hciconfig:
   hci0:	Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
   	BD Address: BC:77:37:BB:22:03  ACL MTU: 310:10  SCO MTU: 64:8
   	UP RUNNING PSCAN 
   	RX bytes:976 acl:0 sco:0 events:43 errors:0
   	TX bytes:907 acl:0 sco:0 commands:42 errors:0

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