[SOLVED] Bluetooth on Vizio ultrabook not working

[dregntael]

Edit: Bluetooth suddenly started working without changing anything. I still have no idea what the problem was however, it seems to be the same problem as in http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=127685.

Original message:

I have a Vizio thin+light 14" (CT14-A1) running linux mint 14 cinnamon (64 bit). All hardware is working fine except bluetooth. There is a bluetooth icon on my system tray and the status is 'on', but when I search for devices I cannot find any (tried with my bluetooth mouse and my phone).

When I boot into windows 8 on the same machine, bluetooth is working fine, so I know it's not a hardware problem.

I already tried the following:

• I installed blueman and tried searching for devices with it, but also without results.
• I upgraded my kernel from 3.5 to 3.7, still no result.
• I booted linux mint from a live USB stick, also nothing.

I'm at a loss here, can someone give me a hint what to try next?

For completeness, here's my output of 'inxi -Fxz':

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System:    Host: Tikhonov Kernel: 3.7.0-030700-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.6.3)
           Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 14 Nadia
Machine:   System: VIZIO product: CT14
           Mobo: Quanta model: VZ1 Bios: American Megatrends version: VZ1Q102 date: 05/15/2012
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-3317U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 6784.92
           Clock Speeds: 1: 799.00 MHz 2: 799.00 MHz 3: 1701.00 MHz 4: 799.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           X.Org: 1.13.0 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1600x900@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.7.0-030700-generic
Network:   Card: Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 128.0GB (10.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: Toshiba_THNSNW12 size: 128.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 40G used: 13G (34%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 4.18GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 199 Uptime: 14 min Memory: 1214.9/3844.4MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.7.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4