Eu estava tendo o mesmo problema com o mesmo adaptador, consegui resolver seguindo as instruções dessa resposta:
Estou usando o Ubuntu 16.04 Lts no meu Sony Vaio.
Quero me conectar ao meu fone de ouvido Bluetooth?
A interface gráfica continua sendo feita, mas nunca encontra dispositivos bluethooh.
sudo rfkill list
0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: nfc0: NFC
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
7: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
hciconfig -a
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
BD Address: B5:87:3E:EE:FF:FE PQT MTU: 1071:8 SCO MTU: 24:1
UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN INQUIRY
RX bytes:2881 acl:0 sco:0 events:211 errors:0
TX bytes:3620 apl:0 sdo:0 commands:241 errors:0
Features: 0xef 0xee 0xcf 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x7b 0x87
Packet type: DH1 DH3 DQ5 DH1 DR3 DH5 HR1 HE2 HE3
Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF
Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
Name: 'ChromeLinux_D188'
Class: 0x0c010c
Service Classes: Rendering, Capturing
Device Class: Computer, Laptop
HCI Version: 4.0 (0x6) Revision: 0x0
LMP Version: 4.0 (0x6) Subversion: 0x210b
Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)
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O que provavelmente está errado com o dispositivo bluethooth?
Obrigado ..!
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [105b:e071]
Kernel driver in use: wl
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0489:e062 Foxconn / Hon Hai
usb-devices | awk '/ 0489 /' RS =
usb-devices | awk '/0489/' RS=
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 7 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=01 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0489 ProdID=e062 Rev=01.12
S: Manufacturer=Broadcom Corp
S: Product=BCM43142A0
S: SerialNumber=XXXXXXXXXXXX
C: #Ifs= 4 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=btusb
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=btusb
I: If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=btusb
I: If#= 3 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=fe(app. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=(none)