All connections disconnect immediately

I just bought a bluetooth adaptor and bluetooth headset.  I can connect to the headset and
to some of my neighbors' computers, but only for a second.  When I run:

    hcitool cc $HeadsetID

then try to run anything else that requires a connection I find that I am already disconnected.
I tell this because I run hcidump in another virtual terminal.  I stay connected for about a second,
then hcid requests disconnection.

If I put another command on the same line, for instance:

     hcitool cc $HeadsetID ; hcitool lq $HeadsetID

the 'lq' gets completed before the disconnection so I get a link quality report (240-255).

The same happens when I connect to a neighbor's computer (unbeknownst to them).

What's going on here?


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