The Bluetooth device made by Atheros requires the firmware /lib/firmware/ar3k/AthrBT_0x11020000.dfu. May be you can find some RPM package containing it searching the net.
Debian packages required (Debian 8 Jessie):
apt-get install bluetooth bluez bluez-cups
Check that there are no errors during kernel loading:
dmesg | grep -i bluetooth [ 6.721506] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.20 [ 6.721524] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 6.721529] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 6.721531] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 6.721539] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 18.143887] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 18.143895] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 18.143903] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
Verify that the Bluetooth device was found:
hciconfig
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
BD Address: 70:18:8B:DF:B5:23 ACL MTU: 1022:8 SCO MTU: 183:5
UP RUNNING
RX bytes:7730 acl:0 sco:0 events:151 errors:0
TX bytes:1814 acl:0 sco:0 commands:87 errors:0
Enable the interface and scan for nearby devices:
hciconfig hci0 up
hcitool scan
Scanning ...
64:6C:B2:7C:EA:C9 Par
30:52:CB:4D:59:32 n/a
60:36:DD:7D:A7:B9 PC6