Some facts about my laptop, OS and I hope relevant info linked to the problem I have; can not get the Bluethoot to function. The goal is to use the laptop against a ChromeCast.
Info:
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Terminal: cat /etc/linuxmint/info
RELEASE=17.3
CODENAME=rosa
EDITION="Cinnamon 32-bit"
DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa"
DESKTOP=Gnome
TOOLKIT=GTK
NEW_FEATURES_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_rosa_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
RELEASE_NOTES_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_rosa_cinnamon.php
USER_GUIDE_URL=help:linuxmint
GRUB_TITLE=Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 32-bit
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Terminal: uname -a
Linux ngn-Aspire-5610 3.16.0-36-generic #48~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 15 13:12:28 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
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Terminal: dmesg | grep "Bluetooth"
[ 29.448877] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.19
[ 29.449834] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 29.449844] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 29.449848] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 29.449862] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 29.675444] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 29.675451] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 29.675461] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 29.749449] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 29.749466] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 29.749475] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
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Terminal: ps aux | grep bluetoothd
root 600 0.0 0.2 4888 2232 ? Ss 09:08 0:00 /usr/sbin/bluetoothd
ngn 22462 0.0 0.1 6188 1972 pts/1 S+ 14:53 0:00 grep --colour=auto bluetoothd
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Terminal: rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
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Terminal: sudo lsmod | grep blue
bluetooth 391253 10 bnep,rfcomm
6lowpan_iphc 18262 1 bluetooth
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Terminal: sudo lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
06:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller (rev 10)
06:04.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
06:04.2 SD Host controller: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Secure Digital Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
06:04.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: (rev 01)
06:04.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc SD/MMC Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
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App: hardinfo
-Computer-
Processor : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T1400 @ 1.83GHz
Memory : 1017MB (471MB used)
Operating System : Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
User Name : ngn (ngn)
Date/Time : fre 10 mar 2017 15:10:16
-Display-
Resolution : 1280x800 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-Input Devices-
Lid Switch
Sleep Button
Power Button
Power Button
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Video Bus
2.4G RF Mouse
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
Acer BMA150 accelerometer
-Printers (CUPS)-
Samsung-CLX-3185 : <i>Default</i>
-SCSI Disks-
ATA Hitachi HTS54161
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L632D
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I hope someone can help me 
Regards from Sweden (sorry for eventually bad or misspelled English)
