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[Bug 909523] Re: Bluetooth on MacBook Pro 8, 3 Doesn't Work without OSX

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From: madbiologist <909523@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2014 11:10:50 -0000
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** Description changed:

  This bug is kind of hard to describe, but can basically be summed up
  like this:
  
-  * Bluetooth support on a 2011 8,3 MacBook Pro running Ubuntu 8,3 is
+  * Bluetooth support on a 2011 8.3 MacBook Pro running Ubuntu 11.10 is
  flaky at best and unusuable at worst.
  
  When I booted up into Ubuntu for the first time, I was pleasantly
  surprised to see that it found my Bluetooth chip and even seemed to be
  working with it.
  
  Then I actually tried connecting devices.
  
  Essentially, `hcitool scan` and `hidd --search` both cannot find ANY
  devices. I've yet to actually see it report a detected device
  consistently. ONCE, I saw it report my Nexus One, but then another scan
  and it was gone.
  
  Devices can only be connected if one boots into OSX first, pairs the
  device, then boots into Ubuntu and attempts to pair the device. Even
  after doing so, commandline tools won't show the device in scanmode,
  only the `bluetooth-applet` and `blueman-manager` show them. After
  connection, I've noticed that I've had inconsistent success with my S305
  bluetooth headphones, where on another computer with a USB dongle, it
  "just works." Sometimes, they won't establish the connection right away
  and go into pairing mode. Sometimes they'll connect fairly immediately,
  but not be able to be set to A2DP rather than HLS mode. Sometimes
  they'll work but have choppy audio, sometimes not.
  
  There are a lot of other weird things like this such as touchpad
  sensitivity, screen brightness, and more which all require to be managed
  from OSX. This leads me to believe that Apple is doing some weird
  firmware-level or maybe EFI-level system management. This is super
  weird; configuration should be per OS, not per machine.  Has anyone
  heard of their doing these strange things?
  
  I'm willing to do anything, even including remote SSH access to my
  computer, to help the Ubuntu team resolve this bug. I bought my MacBook
  to run Ubuntu and can't wait to see this stuff work :)
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: bluetooth 4.96-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Dec 28 15:06:07 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  InterestingModules: rfcomm bnep btusb bluetooth
  MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro8,3
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=a25736d1-ccdd-401e-ba56-4cf4f01b1053 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: bluez
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-28 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/28/11
  dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: MBP81.88Z.0047.B22.1109281426
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
  dmi.board.name: Mac-942459F5819B171B
  dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.board.version: MacBookPro8,3
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Mac-942459F5819B171B
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP81.88Z.0047.B22.1109281426:bd09/28/11:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro8,3:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-942459F5819B171B:rvrMacBookPro8,3:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-942459F5819B171B:
  dmi.product.name: MacBookPro8,3
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
  hciconfig:
-  hci0:	Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
-  	BD Address: 60:C5:47:9B:34:09  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 64:1
-  	UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN 
-  	RX bytes:353334 acl:2127 sco:5322 events:5470 errors:0
-  	TX bytes:3037466 acl:4780 sco:5285 commands:558 errors:0
+  hci0:	Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
+   BD Address: 60:C5:47:9B:34:09  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 64:1
+   UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
+   RX bytes:353334 acl:2127 sco:5322 events:5470 errors:0
+   TX bytes:3037466 acl:4780 sco:5285 commands:558 errors:0

** Summary changed:

- Bluetooth on MacBook Pro 8,3 Doesn't Work without OSX
+ Bluetooth on MacBook Pro 8.3 Doesn't Work without OSX

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Title:
  Bluetooth on MacBook Pro 8.3 Doesn't Work without OSX

Status in “bluez” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This bug is kind of hard to describe, but can basically be summed up
  like this:

   * Bluetooth support on a 2011 8.3 MacBook Pro running Ubuntu 11.10 is
  flaky at best and unusuable at worst.

  When I booted up into Ubuntu for the first time, I was pleasantly
  surprised to see that it found my Bluetooth chip and even seemed to be
  working with it.

  Then I actually tried connecting devices.

  Essentially, `hcitool scan` and `hidd --search` both cannot find ANY
  devices. I've yet to actually see it report a detected device
  consistently. ONCE, I saw it report my Nexus One, but then another
  scan and it was gone.

  Devices can only be connected if one boots into OSX first, pairs the
  device, then boots into Ubuntu and attempts to pair the device. Even
  after doing so, commandline tools won't show the device in scanmode,
  only the `bluetooth-applet` and `blueman-manager` show them. After
  connection, I've noticed that I've had inconsistent success with my
  S305 bluetooth headphones, where on another computer with a USB
  dongle, it "just works." Sometimes, they won't establish the
  connection right away and go into pairing mode. Sometimes they'll
  connect fairly immediately, but not be able to be set to A2DP rather
  than HLS mode. Sometimes they'll work but have choppy audio, sometimes
  not.

  There are a lot of other weird things like this such as touchpad
  sensitivity, screen brightness, and more which all require to be
  managed from OSX. This leads me to believe that Apple is doing some
  weird firmware-level or maybe EFI-level system management. This is
  super weird; configuration should be per OS, not per machine.  Has
  anyone heard of their doing these strange things?

  I'm willing to do anything, even including remote SSH access to my
  computer, to help the Ubuntu team resolve this bug. I bought my
  MacBook to run Ubuntu and can't wait to see this stuff work :)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: bluetooth 4.96-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Dec 28 15:06:07 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  InterestingModules: rfcomm bnep btusb bluetooth
  MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro8,3
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=a25736d1-ccdd-401e-ba56-4cf4f01b1053 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: bluez
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-28 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/28/11
  dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: MBP81.88Z.0047.B22.1109281426
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
  dmi.board.name: Mac-942459F5819B171B
  dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.board.version: MacBookPro8,3
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Mac-942459F5819B171B
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP81.88Z.0047.B22.1109281426:bd09/28/11:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro8,3:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-942459F5819B171B:rvrMacBookPro8,3:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-942459F5819B171B:
  dmi.product.name: MacBookPro8,3
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
  hciconfig:
   hci0:	Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
    BD Address: 60:C5:47:9B:34:09  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 64:1
    UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
    RX bytes:353334 acl:2127 sco:5322 events:5470 errors:0
    TX bytes:3037466 acl:4780 sco:5285 commands:558 errors:0

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