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Fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, using rt3290 wifi/bluetooth chipset. I have the wifi working now, however the bluetooth won't turn on. Obviously the chip is working as I am currently on wifi (tethered to my phone via hotspot) however I can't get the bluetooth to work.

Several google searches are producing nothing. Can anyone help?

Thank you in advance.

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Its a bug that has already been reported. check out this link bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1049466 – Amras Jan 2 at 17:06
That bug report is for 12.10. That's why I Switched back to 12.04 because of that bug. – Michaeljwjr Jan 2 at 20:11
@Michaeljwjr: that report is about an unsupported chipset, it affects every release. Support for chipsets is added to, not removed from newer releases, so downgrading is not the correct solution. – Andrea Corbellini Feb 8 at 15:52

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It should work in Ubuntu, e.g. according to this: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog/component/pci:1814:3298-BLUETOOTH/
Does it work in Windows? If so, you can try to turn bluetooth on in Windows and then reboot to Ubuntu. In some cases, the device turned off in Windows can not be used in Linux.

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I can not boot into Windows, this machine came with Win8, I removed it. – Michaeljwjr Jan 2 at 17:12
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I did some research and i was able to solve the mistery before.

Take a look at this. Mine was also ralink. It is now working perfectly. Hope this helps you.

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I saw your question/solution already before I posted this. I am getting the following error: 'Can't open device hci0: No such device (19)' – Michaeljwjr Jan 2 at 18:24
see if your bluetooth is blocked or not rfkill list if yes then do this rfkill unblock all use this sudo hciconfig hci0 up Try this instead sudo bccmd psset -r 0x028c 0x0001 Please tell me if these worked ! – Arin Chakraborty Jan 2 at 18:49
That did not work either, however I just ran Ubuntu Update, and when I rebooted, my wireless is no longer working so I have to figure out what's wrong with it now. – Michaeljwjr Jan 2 at 18:55
your bluetooth worked on windows ? – Arin Chakraborty Jan 2 at 19:01
I don't have Windows installed on this laptop. The moment I got it I tried Win8 for like 5min then removed it. – Michaeljwjr Jan 2 at 19:23
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