0a5c:2100 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth 2.0+eDR dongle not working

Open up a terminal from Applications -> Accessories. Type:

sudo gedit /etc/modules

At the bottom of the file, make two new lines, like this:

usbserial
option

Then close the editor program and save it. Reboot the computer and hopefully you’ll be right from now on!


This worked for me

sudo hciconfig hci0 reset

Source : https://askubuntu.com/a/204427/69743

Running Gnome-Ubuntu 13.10