no bluetooth on d610 with ubuntu

[Michele Puccio]

Hi all
I use ubuntu (now the 7.10) on my dell d610; all works perfectly except
the bluetooth. the adapter is recognized:
lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 413c:8103 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 350 Bluetooth
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

hciconfig -a
hci0:   Type: USB
        BD Address: 00:16:41:1B:97:A3 ACL MTU: 384:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
        UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
        RX bytes:8512 acl:0 sco:0 events:865 errors:0
        TX bytes:351 acl:0 sco:0 commands:24 errors:0
        Features: 0xff 0xff 0x9f 0xfe 0x9b 0xf9 0x00 0x80
        Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
        Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK
        Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
        Name: 'michele-p-0'
        Class: 0x08010c
        Service Classes: Capturing
        Device Class: Computer, Laptop
        HCI Ver: 1.2 (0x2) HCI Rev: 0x679 LMP Ver: 1.2 (0x2) LMP Subver:
0x679
        Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio (10)

but the hcitool scan exit without any result!
I read some thread about vista and specific firmware but on my laptop
only ubuntu is installed.
A colleague has the same laptop (with dual boot: win xp and ubuntu 7.10)
and  the bluetooth works fine! I think that the problem is related to
the fact that when I run win xp the last time the bluetooth was turned
off by the software utility.
I also tried dellWirelessCtl but it seems to be not supported on this model:
sudo dellWirelessCtl --info
Libsmbios version      : 0.13.6
dellWirelessCtl version: 0.3.0
Wireless Info not supported on this system.

Wireless Switch Configuration not available on this system.

BIOS Boot-time settings (new interface):
        Wireless_Switch_Cellular_Control_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_Switch_Cellular_Control_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_Switch_Bluetooth_Control_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_Switch_Bluetooth_Control_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_Switch_Wireless_LAN_Control_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_Switch_Wireless_LAN_Control_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        WiFi_Locator_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        WiFi_Locator_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Cellular_Radio_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Cellular_Radio_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Bluetooth_Devices_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Bluetooth_Devices_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_LAN_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_LAN_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)

BIOS Boot-time settings (old interface):
        Radio_Transmission_Enable: 1
        Radio_Transmission_Disable: 0
        Wireless_Device_Disable: 0
        Wireless_Device_App_Control: 0
        Wireless_Device_App_Or_Hotkey_Control: 1

I apologize for the long mail...any suggestions are verwelcome.
Thanks

michele